Bulgaria’s anti-government ‘Oresharski March’ reaches Varna’s Euxinograd residence
Participants in the anti-government “Oresharski March” reached the Euxinograd residence outside the Black Sea city of Varna on August 18,
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Bulgaria’s Varna holds first Kite Festival: Photos
Bulgaria’s Black Sea “capital” Varna held its first Kite Festival on August 17 2013. Organisers of the event, held at
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Bulgarian MPs overturn Budget veto
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on August 16 to overturn the veto imposed by President Rossen Plevneliev on the Budget revision. The
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Bussing in: Anatomy of a ‘spontaneous’ protest
It was inevitable that someone would give the game away about the “spontaneous” protest by a pro-government crowd outside Bulgaria’s
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: A tale of two protests, in photos
On the day that Bulgaria’s lawmakers overturned the presidential veto on the Budget revision, the National Assembly building, fittingly, found
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Tension in central Sofia as rival protest groups gather outside Parliament during Budget veto debate
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova called for calm amid tensions in the centre of the Bulgarian capital city as rival protest
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Bulgaria’s motor vehicle administration chief resigns, faces charges
The executive director of Bulgaria’s motor vehicle administration agency, Valentin Bozhkov, submitted his resignation on August 15, shortly after Sofia
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Carelessness blamed for blast near Varna – official
The head of the fire-fighting department of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry, Nikolai Nikolov, said on August 15 that carelessness was
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Bulgarian Parliament faces ‘protest siege’ as it discusses budget veto
As Bulgaria’s lawmakers prepare to meet on August 16 to discuss the Presidential veto on the Budget amendments passed by
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