EC suspends funding for Bulgaria’s environment operational programme – reports
The European Commission has suspended payments under Bulgaria’s operational programme for environment, one of the seven financing mechanisms for EU
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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry’s comings and goings
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to be caught up in at least two controversies – one over the criteria
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Bulgaria’s November 16 political meetings: The numbers game
For months, for some a minor hobby has been disputes about turnouts at anti-government meetings. The Interior Ministry’s estimates have
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Many thousands turn out for rival rallies of Bulgaria’s ruling axis and opposition
Many thousands, said by organisers to add up to 60 000, turned out for a pro-government rally in central Sofia
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Bulgarian former MP Biserov charged with money laundering, document fraud
Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on November 15 that it has pressed charges of money laundering and document fraud against former
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Protesters, police play cat-and-mouse in Sofia
Anti-government protesters seeking to blockade Parliament circled in a game of cat-and-mouse in central Sofia on November 15, with Plamen
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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court takes on President’s challenge against Peevski
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on November 14 that President Rossen Plevneliev’s challenge against Parliament’s decision to dismiss Delyan Peevski as
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Police block nationalist vigilante group doing ID checks in Sofia
Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia prevented a group of ultra-nationalist young men who appointed themselves as a “civil patrol”
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Bulgaria’s protests: Rival rallies set for November 16
Rival political rallies are planned for Bulgaria on November 16, one in Plovdiv by opposition centre-right GERB and the other
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