Arab ambassadors visit refugee centre in Sofia
Ambassadors of Arab countries accredited in Sofia were to visit a refugee centre in the Bulgarian capital city on October
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Bulgaria to change driving licence test system after probe finds corruption
From 2014, candidates for driving licences in Bulgaria will do theory tests on tablets instead of paper, a change to
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Astronomers discover lone planet with no star
Astronomers have discovered a lone planet, floating in space without a star. This free-floating planet, dubbed PSO J318.5-22, is just
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Bulgarian security agency chief: Refugees no security threat but a ‘problem’
The head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, Vladimir Pisanchev, has denied that the country faces a national security
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Tsvetanov trial delayed over judge recusal
The judges in the trial of Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who stands accused of irregularities in regulating the
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GERB tables second no-confidence motion in Bulgarian Socialist Party government
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB opposition party has tabled its second motion of no confidence in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government,
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Sofia city council holds emergency meeting on refugee situation in capital
The growing number of refugees, many from Syria, in the Bulgarian capital city prompted the calling of a special meeting
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Protest blockade at Bulgarian-Turkish border lifted on third day
The blockade at Turkish-Bulgarian border checkpoints by Turkish lorry drivers protesting at Bulgarian vehicle inspections was lifted on its third
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Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission names more credit millionaires with State Security backgrounds
Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law with identifying people who were involved with the country’s communist-era State Security,
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