Bid to overturn presidential veto of Foreigners Act amendments fails
A bid by the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights and Freedoms to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto of
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Bulgarian bishop to face ecclesiastical court for libel and damaging church’s reputation
Ignatii, vicar of the Sliven bishopric and previously elected one of two candidates to be the next Metropolitan of Varna,
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Fourth-century CE magistrate statue uncovered in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Archaeologists working on the digs at the Roman-era forum in Bulgaria’s second-largest city of Plovdiv have uncovered a full-size statue,
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Bulgarian Economy Minister defensive over Westinghouse promise
Mere days after returning from a trip to the US, during which he met representatives of several corporations to discuss
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Bulgaria’s road agency warns motorists to switch to snow tyres
Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency said on November 25 that motorists in the country should be prepared to use snow tyres
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Presidential send-off for Bulgaria’s Antarctic mission
Bulgaria’s Antarctic mission, set to depart for the Southern Hemisphere in early December, got its traditional send-off at the presidency
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Noises off: Some within Bulgaria’s ruling axis talk of early elections
While the current Bulgarian Socialist Party government is adamantly refusing to bow to months of popularly-supported public protests demanding its
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Bulgaria changes national police chief
Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev was set to name a new national police chief on November 25, with the betting
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New election of Bulgarian church Varna metropolitan set for December 22
The controversy-wracked election of a new Metropolitan of Varna of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is set for a re-run on
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