Bulgarian poet Sugarev refuses to end anti-government hunger strike
Bulgarian poet and veteran right-wing political activist Edvin Sugarev has declined an appeal in an open letter from a group
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev criticises cabinet security council appointee
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has said that he is “strongly worried” by the appointment of Boyan Chukov to head the
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Final stretch of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway opened on July 15
The final 34km stretch of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway, which links capital city Sofia with the Black Sea city of Bourgas
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GERB would win early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria – poll
In its first public opinion poll since the May 12 2013 parliamentary elections, the National Centre for the Study of
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Bulgaria’s beleaguered government quietly backtracking on easing smoking ban
Ahead of the May 2013 parliamentary elections, Bulgaria’s socialist party promised that if it came into power, it would ease
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Bulgaria’s anti-government protesters in Bastille Day salute to French embassy: Photos
French ambassador to Bulgaria Philippe Autié and his guests at the July 14 2013 Bastille Day reception at the residence
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Bulgaria’s anti-government protests: The French connection
As France not only celebrated Bastille Day on July 14 but also mourned those who died in the country’s worst
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Bulgaria’s anti-government protests, a month on: photos
Tens of thousands of people – or, if you prefer the official estimate by the Interior Ministry, about 3500 –
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Bulgaria’s anti-government protests reach four-week mark
Bulgaria’s anti-government protests, sparked by the controversial appointment of Delyan Peevski as director of the State Agency for National Security,
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