Another former State Security agent withdraws as candidate in Bulgaria’s elections
A candidate MP in Bulgaria’s October parliamentary elections has withdrawn after being identified as a former agent of the country’s
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Bulgarian elections 2014: BSP spending most on advertising, bTV earning most
The Bulgarian Socialist Party is so far the biggest spender on media exposure ahead of the October 5 2014 early
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Bulgarian President optimistic on country’s future in gas supply
Bulgaria’s projects on gas supply inter-connectors with Greece and Turkey should be seen as an integral part of the Southern
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Election commission rejects court decision on closing polling stations in Turkey
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided not to comply with a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court not to
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NATO warships visit Bulgaria’s Varna after Black Sea exercise
Two NATO warships, Canada’s HMCS Toronto and Spain’s ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón, are visiting Varna after taking part in
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Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant director sacked
State-owned Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has fired Ivan Genov as executive director of the nuclear power plant at Kozloduy, reports
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Court cuts number of polling stations in Turkey
Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has ordered the reduction of the number of polling stations in Turkey for the October 8
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Screening of ‘The Lives of Others’ to launch 25 Years Free Bulgaria initiative
A screening of German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s 2006 film The Lives of Others, winner of that year’s Oscar
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‘New evidence’ that Bulgaria forced Syrian asylum-seekers back to Turkey, Human Rights Watch says
Bulgarian border police have in the past month forced Syrian asylum seekers back to Turkey and beaten some of them,
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