Bulgarian Cabinet approves renewable energy plan, offshore drilling tender
In separate decisions on January 9, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved a long-term renewable energy development plan, setting out targets for 2020
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Bulgaria’s Ombudsman approaches Constitutional Court on law stopping foreigners in debt from leaving country
Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev has asked the Constitutional Court to overrule law that prevents foreigners from leaving the country if
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Fifa imposes one-match empty stadium sanction on Bulgaria for racist abuse
Bulgaria’s national football team will play its World Cup qualifying match, against Malta on March 22, in front of empty
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40 per cent of Bulgarians would prefer to be their own boss, survey on self-employment says
Forty per cent of Bulgarians polled in an international survey said that they would prefer to be their own bosses
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet to approve plan to remove abandoned cars for recycling
At its first meeting for 2013, Bulgaria’s Cabinet was set to approve a plan for abandoned cars to be removed
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Taxi fare price war in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
A taxi fare price war has broken out in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, with almost all taxi companies having dramatically
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Bulgaria’s Parliament to hold first sitting for 2013
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, was scheduled to hold its first sitting for 2013 on January 9. The current
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Aegean Sea earthquake felt in Bulgarian capital Sofia
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Greece in the Aegean Sea was felt in Bulgarian capital Sofia on January
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Bulgarian explorer, flag reach South Pole
Hristo Pimpirev became the first Bulgarian to set foot on the South Pole on January 8, flying the country’s flag
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