Bulgaria’s Plovdiv named as European Capital of Culture 2019
Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has been named as European Capital of Culture 2019. The announcement was made at a special
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Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019: Photo Gallery
Photographs of scenes from Plovdiv, named on September 5 2014 as an international jury’s recommendation for European Capital of Culture
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EC rules Bulgaria’s controversial land swops as incompatible state aid
The European Commission has ordered Bulgarian authorities to recover incompatible state aid from companies that benefitted from controversial land swops
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Emergency declared in north-western Bulgaria after new floods
Two municipalities in the Montana district, in north-western Bulgaria, declared a state of emergency on September 5 after flooding caused
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Official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s October 5 parliamentary elections begins
September 5 sees the start of the official campaign period in the run-up to Bulgaria’s ahead-of-term national parliamentary elections on
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Archaeology: 2014 finds in Bulgaria include Roman statues, pottery workshop, child’s toy
With the final tally yet to be made, the 2014 summer archaeology season in Bulgaria has uncovered a number of
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Plevneliev: Bulgaria will not send military and weapons to Ukraine
There will be no Nato bases in Bulgaria and nor will the country send military personnel and weapons to Ukraine,
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Bulgarian cabinet grants additional funds to fight Bluetongue disease
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved a grant of an additional 1.88 million leva (about 989 000 euro) to the Agriculture
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Bulgaria seizes 15 tonnes of cannabis
Police in the district of Blagoevgrad, in south-western Bulgaria, have seized close to 15 tonnes of cannabis as part of
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