Bulgaria’s MPs close the book on 41st National Assembly
Bulgaria’s Parliament held its last session on March 14, a day before the presidential decree proroguing the current legislature is
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Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach steps up video surveillance ahead of 2013 summer season
Bulgaria’s popular summer seaside resort of Sunny Beach is installing more than 300 of the latest high-tech models of video
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Bulgarian Ombudsman lodges Constitutional Court challenge to tax on bank deposit interest
Bulgarian Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev has asked the Constitutional Court to overrule provisions in the Personal Income Tax Act providing for
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Bulgaria’s caretaker ministers speak of continuity and change
Any time a new Bulgarian government takes office, the first day is traditionally reserved for the ceremonial handover of portfolios
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Man sets himself on fire outside Presidency in Sofia
A 51-year-old man was admitted to Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia on March 13 2013 in critical condition after setting
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Mixed messages from Bulgaria’s various protest groups on caretaker government
Predictably, differences have emerged in the reactions of Bulgaria’s various protest groups to the caretaker government and the question of
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Bulgarian annual inflation down to 3.6% in February
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price inflation fell to 3.6 per cent in February, breaking a three-month upward trend, data from the
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Bulgaria’s Raykov caretaker cabinet takes office
Bulgaria’s 17-member caretaker cabinet headed by diplomat Marin Raykov took office at a ceremony on March 13 2013 at the
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Bulgaria finds horsemeat in products from two meat-processing enterprises
The results of tests on the first 25 samples of products produced in Bulgaria and sent for testing for the
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