Bulgaria’s motor vehicle administration chief arrested
The executive director of Bulgaria’s motor vehicle administration agency, Valentin Bozhkov, has been arrested, alongside 12 other employees of the
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Varna court approves extradition of Bulgarian suspect to US to face computer fraud crime charges
The District Court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna said on August 13 2013 that it had agreed
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Bulgarian Parliament to debate Budget veto on August 16
Bulgaria’s lawmakers have been called away from their summer recess and will hold the special sitting to discuss the veto
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Bulgaria’s MPs being herded from holidays overseas and at Black Sea for special sitting on budget veto
Members of Bulgaria’s Parliament are being summoned to return from holidays as far afield as Thailand, while others will travel
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Mild earthquake in north-eastern Bulgaria causes minor damage
An earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale was registered on August 13 2013 at 9.14am, epicentred eight km south-east
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60th day of anti-government protests in Bulgaria
Anti-government protests in Bulgaria reached their 60th day on August 12, facing the irony that the “Oresharski March” from Sofia
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Power failure causes large-scale blackout in Sofia
Parts of Bulgarian capital city Sofia were blacked out for several hours on August 12 after a suspected substation failure
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Bulgaria rejects Turkish request to acquire Ottoman-era monuments
Bulgaria’s Culture Minister Petar Stoyanovich said on August 12 that the Government had no intention of transferring ownership of Ottoman-era
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Bulgarian Parliament’s summer recess to be interrupted to discuss presidential veto of budget amendments
Bulgaria’s National Assembly will hold a special sitting in the week beginning August 12, interrupting its month-long summer recess, to
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