Juncker: Bulgaria ready to join Schengen
Bulgaria is ready to join the European Union’s Schengen visa zone, and Europeans should be aware of the country’s level
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Bulgarian culture ministry officials, public broadcasters’ chiefs boycott Binev committee
Officials from Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture said on December 4 that they would not attend a meeting of the parliamentary
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Minority parties’ support for Bulgarian coalition cabinet in question
Bulgarian socialist breakaway minority party ABC could withdraw its support from Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right coalition cabinet if a
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Bulgaria’s Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint closed because of flooding
The Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey was closed on the morning of December 4 because
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Bulgarian court approves request to suspend central bank deputy governor
Sofia City Court approved on December 3 the prosecutor’s office request to suspend Tsvetan Gounev, the deputy governor of the
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Bulgaria proposes law to bar sexual offenders against children from holding some public offices, jobs
Bulgaria’s cabinet has approved proposed changes to the Penal Code that will enable courts to bar those convicted of sexual
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Bulgarian Parliament fails to pass declaration on South Stream cancellation
Bulgaria’s lawmakers failed to adopt a declaration of support for the South Stream gas pipeline, with familiar dividing lines re-emerging
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Bulgaria still lags behind EU average life expectancy
Life expectancy in Bulgaria at birth in 2012 was 74.4 years, below the European Union average, according to the Health
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Bulgaria improves slightly in Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index
Bulgarians see a slight improvement against corruption in the public sector in the past year, going by Transparency International’s annual
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