St Valentine in play as Bulgarian Orthodox Church nears election of new Patriarch
One could be forgiven for mistaking a Bulgarian Orthodox Church metropolitan’s public attack on celebrating Saint Valentine’s Day for an
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Snowballs thrown at Energy Minister, arson in Plovdiv as thousands of Bulgarians protest against electricity bills
Two company cars owned by electricity distribution company EVN were burnt out in Plovdiv on the eve of a protest
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Bulgaria to gain in EU budget, PM Borissov says
As the European Council tussled in tough negotiations on the European Union’s 2014-2020 budget, with a proposal on the table
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Bulgaria to allow state subsidies for private kindergartens, schools
Bulgaria’s Parliament approved an amendment to the School Education Act that will allow private kindergartens and schools to receive state
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Bulgarian state lottery jackpot set to hit five million leva
An estimated five million leva (about 2.5 million euro) are expected to be up for grabs in one of the
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New wine cellars to open in Bulgaria in 2013
Eleven new wine cellars will start working in Bulgaria in 2013, Krassimir Koev, executive director of Bulgaria’s executive agency for
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Socialist leader Stanishev demands apology from EPP’s Daul for ‘despicable’ accusation
Sergei Stanishev, leader of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, has demanded a ‘full
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Reporters without Borders calls on Bulgarian PM Borissov to retract ‘threat’ to journalists
Reporters without Borders has expressed dismay at a reported comment by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, reacting to allegations that
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Of Hezbollah and the road beyond Bourgas
Two of the most important questions now, after Bulgaria said that the investigation into the terrorist bomb attack on Israeli
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