Bulgarian police, prosecutors in operation against ‘radical Islam’
More than 150 police and gendarmerie cordoned off a mainly Roma area in the Bulgarian town of Pazardzhik on November
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Bulgarians urged to ‘see refugees through new eyes’ in TV, online and poster media campaign
A 30-second television advert, launched on November 24 2014 and expected to be seen by millions of Bulgarians over the
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New website offers details of Bulgaria’s communist-era State Security agents
A new website, agentibg.com, was launched on November 24, offering searchable details of people identified as having worked for Bulgaria’s
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New European Commission to continue monitoring Bulgaria and Romania on judicial reform, fighting corruption
The new European Commission that took office at the beginning of October 2014 intends keeping in place its mechanism of
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Construction of Plovdiv’s new zoo begins
Construction of Plovdiv’s new zoo started on November 24, a 4.5 million leva project that will quadruple the size of
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Bulgarian opposition outraged by rule against insulting PM, cabinet ministers
The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party says it considering mounting a Constitutional Court challenge to a new rule enabling the Speaker
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Bulgarian Christmas charity initiative to aid seriously ill children underway: how to donate
The annual Bulgarian Christmas ( Българската Коледа) charity initiative, raising funds to provide medical treatment for seriously ill children, is
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5.6 Richter scale earthquake in Romania’s Vrancea felt in northern Bulgaria
An earthquake of 5.6 on the Richter scale epicentred in Vrancea in south-eastern Romania at 9.15pm on November 22 was
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Bulgaria mulls hike in deposit interest tax
Bulgaria’s Government plans to raise the rate of the deposit interest tax back to 10 per cent, mass circulation daily
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