New row over Bulgarian government plan to borrow three billion leva
Bulgaria’s embattled government is embroiled in a new row over a plan to borrow three billion leva (about 1.5 billion
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EC suspends million of leva regional development funds payments to Bulgaria
The European Commission has temporarily suspended payments of several million euro in regional development funding for urban development and tourism
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President Plevneliev: Bulgarian government must prove it can keep to EU rules
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has said that the government must prove by its actions that Bulgaria knows how to carry
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Sofia’s Lion Bridge intersection to be closed until late July for reconstruction project
One of Bulgarian capital city Sofia’s most important intersections, at Lion Bridge (Лъвов мост), and Maria Louisa Boulevard will be
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BSP: Stanishev will stay but changes to political leadership, cabinet coming
The Bulgarian Socialist Party is continuing to hurl blame in various directions for its poor showing in European Parliament elections,
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EU unemployment 10.4% in April 2014, 12.8% in Bulgaria – Eurostat
Unemployment in Bulgaria was 12.8 per cent in April 2014, slightly down from 13 per cent in March, according to
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Crisis continues as emergency medics protest in Bulgaria
The latest uproar over the state of emergency medical services in Bulgaria , with staff in Sofia and elsewhere protesting
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European Commission on Bulgaria: Unwarranted optimism on economic recovery, lack of reforms
A report by the European Commission on Bulgaria, coincidentally released just after a year of the Bulgarian Socialist Party government,
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Bulgaria reports 864.5M leva Budget deficit for January-April
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has reported that the consolidated Budget deficit for the first four months of 2014 was 864.5 million
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