Greek ambassador to Bulgaria appointed to Nato post
Thrasyvoulos “Terry” Stamatopoulos, Greece’s ambassador to Bulgaria since February 2012, has been appointed Nato assistant secretary-general for political affairs and
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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Eavesdropping controversy has no significant effect on support for parties, poll says
According to the first poll carried out after the April 15 announcement of the initial findings by prosecutors investigating the
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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: President tells politicians to get to the issues and stop smear campaigns
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has expressed frustration at the preoccupation with the eavesdropping controversy and urged politicians to debate issues
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The long, long history of Bulgaria and the Jews
While Bulgaria’s premier place in Jewish history is in the prevention of the deportation of about 48 000 Bulgarian Jews
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141 communist-era State Security agents among Bulgaria’s candidate MPs
Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission has identified 141 agents and employees of the communist-era State Security secret service among the candidate members
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Sofia picks Greek consortium to build refuse-derived fuel plant
Sofia city hall said on April 26 that it picked the consortium between Greek companies Aktor and Helektor to build
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Sofia City Prosecutor Kokinov resigns after eavesdropping recordings leaked to media
Sofia City Prosecutor Nikolai Kokinov submitted his resignation to Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov on April 26, a few hours after several
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Bulgaria’s eavesdropping controversy: New recordings sent to media
With just more than two weeks to go to Bulgaria’s May 12 parliamentary elections, the eavesdropping controversy that is dominating
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Bulgarian investigators reconstruct Bourgas bombing
Bulgarian investigators detonated an explosive device on April 26 in an attempt to reconstruct the crime scene of the terrorist
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