Bulgarian Parliament will take summer recess starting August 5
Bulgaria’s MPs voted on July 31 to extend the Parliament session by two days and will start their summer recess
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Bulgaria’s ‘banitsa bandit’ pleads guilty in 1.47M leva robbery suit – updated
Georgi Enev, the security guard charged with stealing 1.47 million leva (about 750 000 euro) from an armoured van, pleaded
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves legislative agenda, regional development plans
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on July 31 the Government legislative agenda until the end of the year, as well as the
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Bulgaria’s former PM Borissov calls for snap elections in May 2014
Bulgaria’s former prime minister Boiko Borissov called on July 31 for the ruling coalition to schedule early parliamentary elections at
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Oranovo coalmine rescue attempt completes bypass tunnel
Rescue operations to reach two miners at Bulgaria’s Oranovo coalmine, who were trapped in a collapse on July 16, drew
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Bulgarian former deputy PM Tsvetanov indicted
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 31 that it has filed charges against Tsvetan Tsvetanov for refusing to authorise wire-tapping
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev ‘ready’ to veto controversial Budget amendments
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is ready to veto controversial amendments to Budget 2013 – proposed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party
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Bulgarian utilities regulator approves second electricity prices cut this year
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said that it approved the proposed electricity price cuts that will go
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Bulgarian government ducks public debate challenge
Plamen Oresharski, occupant of the prime minister’s seat in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, has responded to a challenge from
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