‘No sign of life’ at site of explosives plant blast in Bulgaria’s Gorni Lom
The morning after the devastating blast at an explosives plant in the north-western Bulgarian village of Gorni Lom saw no
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Bulgaria’s election commission penalises ‘Turkish’ party for campaigning in Turkish
Three members of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (the MRF), the party led and supported in the main by
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Bulgarian elections 2014: NGO lodges complaint over far-right party’s poster
An election campaign poster by the far-right Bulgarian National Union-New Democracy party in the country’s early parliamentary elections on October
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Injuries in explosives factory blast in north-west Bulgaria
At least three people were injured in a powerful blast at an explosives factory in Gorni Lom in Bulgaria’s Vidin
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Ownership of landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral settled as Bulgarian Orthodox Church gets title deed
After years of uncertainty and disputes about the ownership of Sofia landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral, Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet settled the
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Bulgarian cabinet approves funding reshuffle to improve land border security
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved a reshuffle of funding to pay for three steps to improve land border security, the
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31 arrests in Bulgarian-Spanish operation against Bulgarian organised crime group
Bulgarian and Spanish judicial and law enforcement authorities, working in close co-operation with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) in The
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Borissov’s GERB holds strong lead ahead of October 5 elections – poll
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party continues to hold a strong lead a few days ahead of Bulgaria’s October 5 early
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Electricity prices in Bulgaria increase by close to 10% on October 1
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) approved on October 1 electricity price increases of an average 9.79 per cent,
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