Borissov responds to Mestan: Talks with President on early elections ‘should start tomorrow’
Talks with the President on a date for early national parliamentary elections “should start tomorrow”, Boiko Borissov, leader of centre-right
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Bulgarian political party BWC threatens court action over TV reports on election irregularities
The Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) party, which ran fourth in European Parliament elections to capture two out of 17 seats,
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Anti-Semitic slogan, swastika daubed on Sofia Synagogue
An anti-Semitic slogan, “death to Jews”, along with a swastika were daubed on a fence outside Sofia Central Synagogue on
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Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms calls for early parliamentary elections by end of 2014
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) believes that early parliamentary elections should be held by the end of 2014,
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Toshiba out as investor in Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear project, replaced by Westinghouse
Japanese company Toshiba Corporation has withdrawn as a strategic investor in negotiations on building a seventh unit at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy
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Bulgaria’s revenue agency cold-calls thousands to pay their taxes
Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) is using its new call centre to phone thousands of individuals to ask them to
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Bulgaria must make clear commitments to energy security and diversification, President Plevneliev says
Bulgaria should undertake clear commitments to energy security and diversification, President Rossen Plevneliev told reporters in Warsaw, where energy security
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Bulgarian Socialist Party MPs back Ataka challenge in Constitutional Court to European Parliament elections
A group of MPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party have provided the signatures needed for a petition by far-right ultra-nationalists
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Bulgaria reports 0.3% economic growth in Q1
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of this year, compared to the last three months
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