Seven face axe at Sofia municipality over alleged embezzlement
Seven officials at Sofia municipality’s directorate for local taxes and fees face dismissal in connection with alleged embezzlement of 621
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Archaeological dig at Bulgaria’s Perperikon to begin on schedule
Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolai Ovcharov said on June 13 that the summer digs at the Perperikon site would go as scheduled
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Bulgarian socialist government’s changes to security system press ahead
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has declined a request by centre-right former ruling party GERB to veto changes to the State
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Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetanov charged in eavesdropping case
Tsvetan Tsvetanov, interior minister in the Boiko Borissov government that resigned in February, was formally charged on June 12 with
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Metropolitan Nikolai, football fans slam gay film festival in Plovdiv
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai has slammed as “a shameful demonstration of the sin of Sodom” the holding of
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Rivers in northern, western Bulgaria at risk of overflowing
Continuing heavy rain over the next two to three days means that some rivers in northern and western Bulgaria could
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church accepts resignation of Metropolitan of Western Europe
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has accepted the resignation on the grounds of ill-health of Simeon,
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Sofia traffic police start ‘Operation Cyclist’
Traffic police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia have started what they call “Operation Cyclist”, checking the condition of bicycles, whether
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Bulgaria’s position on Bourgas investigation has not changed, Foreign Minister tells Israeli ambassador
Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has told the Israeli ambassador in Sofia, Shaul Kamisa-Raz, that Bulgaria’s position on the results of
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