Eavesdropping on the Bulgarian mind
A week into the official election campaigning period, Boiko Borissov’s GERB either has a lead of a few per cent
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Bulgaria’s SJC elects new Plovdiv Regional Court chief
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) appointed Vesselin Hadjiev as head of the Plovdiv Regional Court, filling the vacancy created after
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Plovdiv budgets 500 000 leva to help fix houses in Old Town at risk of collapse
Plovdiv municipality has budgeted 500 000 leva for repairs to houses owned by the municipality in the Old Town, of
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Bulgarian prosecutors subpoena former MP in vote-buying investigation
Bulgarian prosecutors have subpoenaed Emil Dimitrov, an MP for Boiko Borissov’s party GERB in the previous legislature, as part of
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Dossier Commission announces first round of credit millionaires linked to State Security
The Dossier Commission, the body charged with identifying and announcing the identities of people in certain categories who worked for
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Bulgaria’s food safety agency chief resigns
The head of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, Yordan Voynov, said he submitted his resignation on April 17, only hours
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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: GERB and BSP ‘neck and neck’, poll says
Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the Bulgarian Socialist Party are neck and neck in support in opinion polls, local agency BBSS
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Eavesdropping: PM expresses concern, prosecutors call Interior Ministry chief secretary for further questioning
Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raykov has said that if there was confirmation that there was illegal eavesdropping, it would be
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FDI in Bulgaria in January-February was 40.3M euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of the year stood at 40.3 million euro, the equivalent
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