Bid to backtrack on Oresharski blunder on threat to public servants
A further attempt has been made to backtrack on Plamen Oresharski’s controversial statement that people on the public payroll who
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Bulgaria faces further EU funds freeze – reports
Bulgaria could see up to 400 million euro worth of EU money in next programming period frozen unless the government
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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry: Knowing who your friends are
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sketched out to local media its revised policy on recommending top state honours for
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Shalom Organisation of Jews in Bulgaria concerned by worsening xenophobia, racism in Bulgarian society
The Shalom Organisation of the Jews in Bulgaria has expressed concern at the strengthening of xenophobia, racism and extreme nationalism
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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry under fire over role regarding protests
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has come under fire from various anti-government quarters, with the main opposition party alleging that it is
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Shortlisted candidate withdraws from controversy-hit election of Varna Metropolitan
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Bishop Ignatii, one of two candidates shortlisted in a disputed election on November 17 for the new
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Anti-government ‘occupy’ protest at Sofia University continues, but way open for classes
The anti-government “Early Rising Students” group at Sofia University is continuing its protest but easing back on the space occupied
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Controversy continues over ultra-nationalist ‘civil patrols’, while Sofians march against fascism
The “civil patrols” by Bulgarian ultra-nationalist group National Unity will continue in capital city Sofia on November 18, leader Boyan
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Varna elects two candidates to be the new Metropolitan
Thirty electors of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church diocese in the Black Sea city of Varna chose on November 17 two
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