MP quits parliamentary group of Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front
A member of Parliament for Bulgaria’s nationalist coalition the Patriotic Front (PF) has quit its parliamentary group. The Patriotic Front
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Turkish ambassador: Scrapping TV news in Turkish would put Bulgaria on wrong side of history
Should Bulgaria discontinue daily news bulletins in Turkish on the public broadcaster, the country would be on the wrong side
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Media, theatre people speak out against Slavi Binev heading parliamentary culture committee
Bulgaria’s public broadcasters and people from the theatre world have spoken out against nationalist Patriotic Front MP Slavi Binev becoming
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Bulgaria questions Cameron’s plan to limit EU migrant rights in UK
Some of the amendments proposed by UK prime minister David Cameron to the free movement of labour force raise questions
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EC agrees billion euro for employment and social inclusion in Bulgaria
The European Commission adopted on November 28 the Bulgarian human resource development operational programme that envisages spending more than a
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Bulgarian cabinet to hold special meeting on measures against floods
A special meeting of Bulgaria’s cabinet will be held on December 1 to discuss new measures against floods, Prime Minister
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Bulgaria’s MRF party expels two MPs from parliamentary group over preferential vote
Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the third-largest party in the National Assembly, said on November 26 that it had
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Bulgaria will not buy new jet fighters before 2017
The saga of Bulgaria’s long-delayed purchase of new military jet fighters to meet Nato requirements is set to continue unresolved
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Former caretaker finance minister Porozhanov returns to head Bulgaria’s State Fund Agriculture
Roumen Porozhanov, who was finance minister in Bulgaria’s 2014 caretaker cabinet, is again being appointed to head the State Fund
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