Bulgaria’s conflict of interest commission chief faces abuse of power charges
Bulgarian prosecutors were officially investigating Filip Zlatanov, the chairperson of the commission tasked with preventing conflict of interest, on allegations
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Bulgarian traffic police start annual anti-drink-driving summer campaign
The Bulgarian traffic police’s annual campaign against drink-driving started on July 17 2013, the Interior Ministry said. Until the end
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Four of Bulgarian poet’s children join him in anti-government hunger strike
Four of the six children of Bulgarian poet and political activist Edvin Sugarev have joined him in a hunger strike
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Bulgarian anti-government protests: Tear down this wall!
Bulgaria’s anti-government protest rallies continued for a 33rd straight day on July 16, with protesters finding new ways of phrasing
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Search continues for missing miners in Oranovo
The search was continuing on July 17 for two missing miners after the fatal rockburst at Bulgaria’s Oranovo coalmine that
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Dutch, Belgian ambassadors speak on ‘values protest’ in Bulgaria
Dutch ambassador in Sofia Karel van Kesteren and Belgium’s ambassador in Bulgaria Anick van Calster became the latest foreign diplomats
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Bulgaria to raise target deficit to 2% in Budget revision
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry published on July 16 the draft of the planned Budget revision, which will raise the Budget deficit
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Two dead, two missing in accident at Bulgarian coalmine
Two miners died and two are missing after an accident on July 16 at the Oranovo coalmine in south-western Bulgaria,
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Culture Minister lashes ‘absurd’ Bulgarian Louvre project
Culture Minister Petar Stoyanovich has poured scorn on the implementation so far of the multi-million leva “Bulgarian Louvre” museum gallery
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