Former Bulgarian MP denied appeal, will serve effective prison sentence
Former Bulgarian MP Mithat Tabakov lost the final appeal to have a five-year prison sentence overturned and was in custody
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Bulgaria opens new road to border checkpoint with Greece
Bulgaria’s Regional Development Minister Dessislava Terzieva officially unveiled the new road stretch between Kurdjali and Podkova in southeastern Bulgaria on
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Permit problem causes lorry queues at Bulgarian-Turkish border
A continuing dispute about the issuing of transit permits led to a two-kilometre queue of lorries at the Bulgarian-Turkish border
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Plevneliev in call on State Security records as Bulgaria remembers victims of communism
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has issued a strong call against attempts to re-bury communist-era secret service records and to manipulate
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Bulgarian Socialist Party ‘withdraws trust’ in Purvanov group
The Bulgarian Socialist Party national council has “withdrawn political trust” in Georgi Purvanov and prominent members of his rival faction
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Left side story: Purvanov turns down Stanishev overture
Those Sharks and Jets of socialist politics in Bulgaria, Sergei Stanishev’s Bulgarian Socialist Party and Georgi Purvanov’s ABC, remained at
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IMF urges Bulgaria to pursue ‘bold reforms’ in annual review
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Bulgaria to pursue “bold structural reforms […] to lift growth, create jobs, and enhance
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Bulgaria’s regional development minister promises changes to plan for Strandzha nature park
Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Desislava Terzieva says that she has initiated a process to change controversial plans that pave the
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Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, church Patriarch in call for religious and ethnic tolerance
Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, church Patriarch in call for religious and ethnic tolerance Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva and Bulgarian Orthodox
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