Foreign minister under fire within BSP over Ukraine – reports
Kristian Vigenin, foreign minister in the current Bulgarian Socialist Party government, came under fire from his own senior fellow party
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Two Bulgarians arrested in Thessaloniki for alleged cocaine trafficking
Two Bulgarians, aged 40 and 33, were arrested by police in the Greek city of Thessaloniki for allegedly possessing about
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Wounded shooter held after fatal shooting of police officer in Bulgarian town
A special operation in the Bulgarian town of Lyaskovets had ended with the arrest of a 53-year-old psychologically ill man
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Ukraine crisis shows importance of European integration, Bulgarian President says
The situation in Ukraine shows the importance of the European integration process for Europe and the world, Bulgarian President Rossen
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President Plevneliev announces May 25 as date for Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev announced in the National Assembly on March 14 that the country’s 2014 European Parliament elections would
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Police officer dies in siege of house of Bulgarian man who ‘threatened to shoot school pupils’
A police officer died and three were injured in an attempted special operation in the Bulgarian town of Lyaskovets on
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Bulgaria and the politics of pension bonuses
The Bulgarian Socialist Party government has been at pains to claim that its decision to hand out pension bonuses at
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Two of Bulgaria’s parliamentary party leaders fined for violating campaign funding rules – National Audit Office
Two political parties and a coalition received funding from “unclear” sources during Bulgaria’s 2013 national parliamentary election campaign, the National
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Bulgaria still committed to South Stream – minister
Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev said on March 13 that Sofia remained steadfast in its commitment to the
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