Bulgaria’s political parties pursue votes with ‘changing of the guard’ strategies
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev has captured headlines in the local media by imposing a “changing of the guard”
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Hristo Bozov elected caretaker mayor of Bulgaria’s Varna
The municipal council of Varna, Bulgaria’s third-largest city, elected Hristo Bozov on March 27 as caretaker mayor until a by-election
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Registration of parties for Bulgaria’s 2013 elections ends on March 27
Bulgaria’s political parties have until 6pm on March 27 to submit applications to be registered for the country’s ahead-of-term national
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Prosecutors charge Bulgaria’s former agriculture minister Naidenov
Prosecutors from a unit charged with fighting EU funds mismanagement have pressed charges against Bulgaria’s former agriculture minister Miroslav Naidenov,
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Bulgaria’s rate of births out of wedlock among highest in EU
Bulgaria’s rate of births outside marriage, at 56 per cent the same as France, puts the country at third place
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Bulgaria unveils ‘energy sector stability’ measures
Bulgaria’s caretaker Economy Minister Assen Vassilev presented on March 26 a series of measures meant to “guarantee the security of
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Bulgaria again bottom of EU’s innovation scoreboard
Bulgaria again ranks bottom in the European Union’s 2013 scoreboard of innovation performance, having been at or near the lowest
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Mudslinging in spat as CCB boss derides Bulgarian President Plevneliev
A sideshow of mudslinging has broken out after Corporate Commercial Bank majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev, one of Bulgaria’s wealthiest business
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Close to 500 people requested refugee status in Bulgaria in first two months of 2013
A total of 476 people applied for refugee status in the first two months of 2013, according to State Agency
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