Mixed signals from Bulgarian government on cuts to administration
Media reports that the Bulgarian Socialist Party government is planning to cut state administration staff numbers in 2014 were followed
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Borissov: ‘Oresharski Plan’ will mean 250 000 new unemployed in Bulgaria
Boiko Borissov, leader of centre-right opposition party GERB and former prime minister, has attacked the “Oresharski Plan” as set to
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Hidden camera exposes conditions in Sofia shelter for Syrian refugees
A team from public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television used a hidden camera to expose conditions under which refugees, mostly Syrians,
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Animal Rescue Sofia needs donations to replace shelter being closed
The Animal Rescue Sofia animal shelter in Bogrov outside the capital city, the second largest of its kind in the
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AmCham Bulgaria to assist Syrian refugee children
The American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria (AmCham) executive board has decided to assist Syrian refugees in the country and
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AmCham-BCAF Autumn Volunteer Days launched on October 12
The American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria (AmCham) and the Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation (BCAF) launched the 2013 Autumn Volunteer
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Bulgaria’s ban on former communist secret agents heading public media is unconstitutional, court says
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has overturned provisions in a 1998 law barring officers and staff of the communist-era State Security secret
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Bulgaria ‘plans restrictions’ after ban on foreigners buying land is lifted in 2014
After the ban on foreigners buying land in Bulgaria expires on January 1 2014, the plan is to still impose
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New bid to challenge Peevski’s MP status in Constitutional Court
The Reformist Bloc, a group of seven right-wing and centrist parties that are not represented in the current Parliament, have
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