Bulgarian church to choose electoral college on January 13 to elect new Patriarch
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is scheduled to name on January 13 its delegates to the electoral college that will elect
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Of archons, dossiers, forgiveness and the future Patriarch: An interview with Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Joseph
With some weeks to go to the election by a Bulgarian Orthodox Church electoral college of a new Patriarch, Metropolitan
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Bulgaria’s relations with Macedonia: Reset or reverse?
Bulgaria has underlined time and again that it wants a reset of relations with Macedonia, calling on Skopje to end
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New Bulgarian prosecutor-general sworn in
Sotir Tsatsarov was sworn in as Bulgaria’s prosecutor-general on January 10. In his first media statement after officially taking office,
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Bulgaria pays off 880M euro bonds
Bulgaria has paid 880 million euro on bonds due on January 15, using the proceeds from new bonds issued in
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Nabucco consortium agrees funding, equity option with Shah Deniz group
The consortium of companies behind the planned Nabucco gas pipeline has agreed an option to sell 50 per cent in
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Bulgarian business objects to new recycling law
The Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) has published an open letter to President Rossen Plevneliev and several other state and government
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Belene dominates live TV debate ahead of Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum that ‘isn’t’ about Belene
Belene, the nuclear power station that may not speak its name, was much mentioned in Bulgaria’s first live television debate
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Children of dune: Controversy continues about Bulgarian seaside development
Fallout from the controversy about an attempt to develop a residential building complex by clearing a sand dune protected nature
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