Mestan: Unless Patriotic Front thrown out, Bulgaria will have early elections in 2015
Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), said on December 26 that unless the nationalist Patriotic
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2014 ‘Bulgarian Christmas’ charity campaign in aid of ill children has raised 1.5M leva
The Bulgarian Christmas (Българската Коледа) charity campaign, which raises funds annually to assist seriously ill children, has raised close to
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Bulgarians to spend 150M leva a day during Festive Season – forecasts
Bulgarians were set to spend a total of 150 million leva (about 76.6 million euro) a day during the peak
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Bulgarian PM orders probe of monthly electricity bills
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov ordered cabinet ministers to investigate claims that the most recent monthly electricity bills covered periods
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Bulgaria’s missing former security agency chief Sertov is alive and in Greece – Interior Ministry
The former head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, Petko Sertov, missing since leaving his home in Sofia on
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Judge at centre of controversy recuses herself from bankruptcy trial
Roumyana Chenalova, the judge at the centre of a controversy about a bankruptcy hearing that has re-ignited debate about the
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Bulgarian railways adds coaches, heavy lorry ban on motorways ahead of Christmas road rush
Bulgarians travelling for Christmas will be able to take advantage of extra coaches on the railways, but bus tickets are
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Changes to Bulgarian pension system appear set for rethink
Controversial changes to Bulgaria’s pension system, although approved by Parliament, appear set for a rethink against a background of severe
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Barekov resigns as leader of ‘Bulgaria Without Censorship’ coalition
Nikolai Barekov, the former talk show host around whom the populist Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) party was formed and who
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