Heavy rain disrupts traffic in Varna, a day after Plovdiv mops up after thunderstorm
Heavy rain disrupted traffic in Varna on June 16, the morning after a river burst its banks to flood 50
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Prosecutors to appeal against release of Peevski murder plot accused
Bulgarian prosecutors are to appeal in the Sofia Appeal Court against a city court decision to release from custody without
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Bulgaria’s Chernomorets keeps its name after too few vote in referendum on changing it
What’s in a name? It turns out that too few people in the Bulgarian coastal town of Chernomorets care to
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Many thousands join #DANSNoMore protests in Sofia, other Bulgarian cities, marking year of anti-government protests: picture gallery and videos
Several thousand Bulgarians joined in the June 14 2014 anti-government protests themed #DANSNoMore, marking a year since the beginning of
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Mystery surrounds prosecutor, police raids of company offices in Sofia
Prosecutors and police searched and seized documents at offices of companies in Sofia, the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office said on
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Bulgarian PM offers little clarity on South Stream status
The future of the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria remains muddled, with parliamentary hearings of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and
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Bokova could be nominated as Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, rather than UN Secretary General – report
Against a background of political turbulence in Bulgaria and the question mark over how long the current government will last,
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Government will not fall today, Stanishev says after vote of no confidence defeated
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on June 13 to reject a motion of no confidence by centre-right opposition GERB, in a
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IMF sees ‘modest pick-up in economic growth’ in Bulgaria in 2014
The International Monetary Fund continues to project a modest pick-up in economic growth in Bulgarian in 2014 from a subdued
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