Of Siderov, a straitjacket and other stories
On the 20th consecutive day of anti-government protests in Bulgaria, a man dressed in a Volen Siderov mask and wearing
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Bulgarian former intelligence chief charged with embezzlement
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 3 that the former head of the National Intelligence Service, General Kircho Kirov, has
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Russian tourist injured in balcony fall in Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach
A 37-year-old Russian tourist was injured after falling two storeys from the balcony of her hotel room in Bulgaria’s popular
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Bulgarian tobacco producers plan protest against lack of EU funding
Bulgarian tobacco producers are planning large-scale national protests in the week beginning July 8 because the country has not secured
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Bulgarian President bestows honours on outgoing ambassadors
At a ceremony at the Presidency on July 3, three departing foreign ambassadors were awarded high state honours by Bulgarian
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Bulgarian BSP government’s latest gaffe in failed deputy minister appointment
The latest goof by the Bulgarian Socialist Party government was the July 3 announcement of the appointment of a deputy
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Members of European Parliament debate political crisis in Bulgaria
As several thousand protesters turned out in Bulgaria’s major cities for the 19th day of peaceful demonstrations in support of
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Bulgaria’s former foreign minister Stoyan Ganev dies at 57
Stoyan Ganev, a former foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Bulgaria in the government of Philip Dimitrov and a
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Ataka was good enough for you, Stanishev taunts GERB…and other stories
Bulgarian Socialist Party and Party of European Socialists leader Sergei Stanishev, under continuing criticism for the socialist government’s dependence on
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