Bulgarian elections 2014: Poll sees strong GERB victory, 7 parties in Parliament
Just less than two weeks before Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary elections, a poll by the Exacta Research Group
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Festival of Religions to be held in Sofia on September 28
Representatives of various religious faiths – Jewish, Christian and Muslim – are to take part in a Festival of Religions
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Bulgaria hit by first snow on September 23
The cold weather front over Bulgaria brought the first snowfall in the country on September 23, in the high-altitude areas
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Bulgaria’s election commission denies there are unlawful polling stations in Turkey
In the latest twist in the controversy about polling stations in Turkey planned for Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary
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Bulgaria collects 281 300 leva in six months from fines for breaking smoking ban
About 281 300 leva were collected in six months from fines for breaking Bulgaria’s ban on smoking in enclosed public
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Only a tiny fraction of refugees in Bulgaria have found jobs
Of 4600 refugees in Bulgaria, just 19 have found jobs, going by official figures. In the past four months, the
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Sofia mayor Fandukova to receive German Federal Cross of Merit
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova is to receive the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, first class, for
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Leading Bulgarian translator of English literature dies at 86
Zheni Bozhilova, translator of more than 60 novels and several collections of short stories from English into Bulgarian, has died
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Refugee children barred from Bulgarian village still not placed in school
The case of the refugee children barred access to the school in the Bulgarian village of Kalishte continues, with the
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