Refugee situation in Bulgaria not yet under control – Interior Minister
The refugee situation in Bulgaria is not yet under control, Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev said on September 19 2013, speaking
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Bulgaria’s eavesdropping row: 875 numbers tapped by police without court order
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on September 19 that investigators found 875 phone numbers had been tapped by the police
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Amnesty International criticises Bulgaria over lack of law on homophobic hate crimes
Bulgaria is among European Union countries named in an Amnesty International report for lacking comprehensive provisions on hate crime as
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Bulgaria and Serbia prepare friendship treaty, boost to economic ties
A friendship and good neighbourliness treaty between Bulgaria and Serbia is being prepared, head of state President Rossen Plevneliev said
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Parliamentary committee proposes subsidy for Roman Catholic church in Bulgaria
Members of Bulgaria’s parliamentary committee on religious affairs are proposing for the first time to include the Roman Catholic church
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Appeal for funds and items to aid refugees in Bulgaria: How to donate
The Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) has launched a fund-raising appeal in aid of refugees, against a background of a sharp
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Bulgaria’s GERB rethinks no-confidence motion topic
Bulgaria’s opposition party GERB will table the motion of no confidence in the current government on September 19, but instead
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Bulgarian traffic police to launch new cyclist checks campaign
Bulgaria’s traffic police will mark the European Mobility Week with yet another campaign of checks directed at cyclists, but, as
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Bulgarian President, government release joint position on Syria
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Plamen Oresharski, prime minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, released a joint position on
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