Bulgaria to open consulate-general in Erbil, Iraq
Bulgaria is to open a consulate-general in the Iraqi city of Erbil, which is also capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan
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Bulgarian government to face motion of no confidence over security sector
Centre-right party GERB, Bulgaria’s parliamentary opposition party and also the single largest party in the 42nd National Assembly, said that
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Troublesome BSP MP Angelov – unfriended, or friends with the whole world?
Strahil Angelov, the Bulgarian Socialist Party MP who caused uproar by visiting Syria and allegedly endorsing the Assad regime –
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Prosecutors in Bulgarian ‘radical Islam’ trial backtrack on charges
The “radical Islam” trial in the Bulgarian town of Pazardjik entered its final stage on January 29, with the prosecutors
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Bulgarian President vetoes amendments to drugs law
Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev said on January 29 that he vetoed amendments passed by Parliament earlier this month, which restricted
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Earthquake of 3.7 on Richter scale 27km from Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
An earthquake of 3.7 on the Richter scale was recorded at 7.04am on January 29 2014 about 11km from Perushtitsa
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Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc in talks on widening anti-government protests
Bulgaria’s opposition Reformist Bloc, a group of right-wing and centrist parties currently without representation in Parliament, has held talks with
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Constitutional Court overturns Bulgarian Parliament’s resolution extending moratorium on sale of land to foreigners – reports
As was expected, Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court unanimously declared unconstitutional, in a January 28 ruling, a resolution by the National Assembly
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Bulgaria’s muddle over moratorium on selling land to foreigners
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court was expected to overturn a 2013 parliamentary resolution calling for an extension to the year 2020 of
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