Bulgarian border police detain Syrian family, latest of more than 80 illegal immigrants this year
Bulgarian border police have detained a Syrian family, of two adults and two young boys, near the Bulgarian – Turkish
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New Bulgarian Gambling Commission chief appointed
Bulgaria’s caretaker Finance Minister Kalin Hristov has appointed Ivan Enicherov chairperson of the country’s Gambling Commission, replacing Kaloyan Krustev, the
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Bulgaria marks Earth Day 2013 with protests, politics
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Marin Raykov was certain to have caused a happy buzz among protesting beekeepers on April 22 2013,
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Bulgaria revises 2013 growth target downward to 1%
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has revised the country’s economic growth forecast for this year to one per cent. The new target
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Plovdiv’s revamped Boris Christoff House of Culture to open on April 26
Plovdiv’s Boris Christoff House of Culture is to open officially on April 26 with a grand-scale concert, following a revamp
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Tourists to get first glimpses of St Sofia underground museum ‘by June’
The first phase of the underground museum at St Sofia church, featuring a necropolis dating from the fourth century CE
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Kidnapped daughter of Bulgarian money-laundering convict returned
The 10-year-old daughter of Evelin “Brendo” Banev had been returned to her mother on April 21 2013, 47 days after
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Concerns about deterioration of media environment in Bulgaria, US state dept says
Concerns persisted about deterioration of the media environment in Bulgaria because of corporate and political pressure that, combined with the
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JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion at Sofia University on April 24
For the seventh consecutive year, ahead of the celebration in Bulgaria of the Orthodox Christian Easter, JS Bach’s St Matthew
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