Third suspected accomplice identified in Bourgas Airport terrorist bombing
A third suspected accomplice in the July 2012 Bourgas Airport terrorist bombing in which five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian
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Football fan clubs distance themselves from attack on Plovdiv mosque
Football fan clubs in Plovdiv have sought to distance themselves from the anti-Islamic mob attack on the Dzhumbaya mosque in
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Bulgaria condemns violence in Ukraine, Protest Network calls on President to boycott Sochi
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on February 19 condemning the violence in Ukraine, where a crackdown on anti-Yanukovych protesters
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Israeli ambassador calls on Bulgaria to ban sale of souvenirs with Nazi symbols
Israel’s ambassador in Sofia, Shaul Kamisa-Raz, has written a formal letter to Bulgarian authorities – with copies to mayors of
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Football fan clubs in Plovdiv offer to pay for damage to Dzhumaya Mosque
Representatives of the two major football team supporters’ clubs in Plovdiv have offered to pay for the costs of the
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Bulgarian President, head of government speak out against ethnic tension
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has spoken out strongly against escalation of ethnic tension in the country in recent days, calling
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Bulgarian state surveillance staffer arrested for allegedly selling secrets
A staff member of Bulgaria’s State Agency for Technical Operations, which is in charge of electronic surveillance, is facing criminal
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Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Mihalevski dies at 48
Dimcho Mihalevski, a member of Parliament for the Bulgarian Socialist Party, died on February 18 2014 at the age of
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Environment Ministry calls for halt to ‘Dunegate’ development at Nessebur
Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry has advised the developer of a controversial resort complex project at a coastal dune area of Nessebur
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