Controversy over poll showing Bulgaria’s GERB making big gain against socialists
A new opinion poll by the MBMD agency, released on March 28 2013, showing Boiko Borissov’s party GERB with a
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Bulgaria will not initiate procedure for EU to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, caretaker PM Raykov says
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov has reiterated that his country will not initiate the procedure for the European Union
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Bulgarian President joins in criticism of IOC intention to drop wrestling from Olympics
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on March 28 he was “concerned” with the International Olympic Committee’s intention to drop wrestling
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Bulgarian socialist leader to approach Prosecutor-General over alleged eavesdropping of politicians and business people
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said that he would approach the Prosecutor-General after receiving allegations that there had been
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Bulgaria to open honorary consulate in Stuttgart
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet on March 28 2013 approved a decision to open an honorary consulate headquartered in Stuttgart with a
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Bulgarian Cabinet allocates 41M leva to ‘social vulnerable groups’
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet said on March 28 that it would spend about 41 million leva in state aid to “the
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Clocks change in Bulgaria to summer daylight saving time on March 31 2013
Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 31 2013 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an
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Bulgaria’s electronic media regulator urges restraint in coverage of self-immolations
Against a background of a series of people setting themselves on fire during the past weeks of nationwide protests, Bulgaria’s
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Global food prices decline, but remain high, World Bank says
The prices of internationally traded food commodities continued to fall between October 2012 and February 2013, according to the World
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