Serbian president Tomislav Nikolić on two-day visit to Bulgaria
Serbian president Tomislav Nikolić begins a two-day visit to Bulgaria on September 18 2013 at the invitation of his counterpart,
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Sofia Pride 2013 to be held on September 21
The 2013 Sofia Pride parade, postponed from June, is to be held on September 21. The annual procession, in support
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Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General calls for change in approach in receiving refugees
Against a background of a rising tide of refugees coming to Bulgaria, many fleeing conflict-torn Syria, Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has
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UNHCR welcomes Bulgaria’s assurances of quick action to fix ailing asylum system
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on September 17 2013 that it welcomes assurances from the Bulgarian
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Borissov’s GERB to table no-confidence motion over cabinet’s ‘overall policy’
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB – the largest single party in Parliament but also the opposition – is to table
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Bulgarian Socialist Party government continues backtracking on election promises
A promise by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) government to increase the minimum wage has been postponed to 2014 while
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Bulgarian journalist’s car burnt out
The private car of Bulgarian journalist Genka Shikerova, co-presenter of a morning talk show on local television station bTV, was
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Bulgaria to ask other EU countries to accommodate refugees as country heads for ‘critical point’
Bulgaria will soon exceed the limit of 5000 refugees that it can accommodate and will ask that some refugees arriving
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Bulgaria’s new school year starts
The bells rang on September 16 2013 to mark the start of the new school year for Bulgaria’s about 755
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