Bulgaria faces new snowfalls overnight after day of traffic disruptions and power cuts in villages
Eastern Bulgaria was facing a night of heavy snowfalls that in combination with strong winds would mean snowdrifts, weather forecasters
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Bulgarian Cabinet mandates Defence Minister to negotiate purchase of fighter jets without calling tender
Bulgaria’s Cabinet, in a December 19 2012 decision, handed Defence Minister Anyu Angelov a mandate to negotiate the purchase of
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EC proposes big horror pictures on cigarette packs, ban on flavoured tobacco
Horrific photographs depicting the consequences of smoking, covering most of the outside of cigarette packets, along with a ban on
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Bulgarian Parliament passes Asset Forfeiture Act amendments
Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on December 19 amendments to the Asset Forfeiture Act, the law regulating the confiscation
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More arrests of teenagers amid spate of hoax bomb calls in Bulgaria
Bulgarian police announced a series of arrests on December 18 2012 after separate incidents in which hoax bomb calls have
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Bulgaria, Serbia to work on good neighbourliness agreement
Bulgaria and Serbia have agreed that as soon as possible, they should sign a treaty on co-operation and good neighbourliness,
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South East Europe economy shrinks in 2012, faces risks in 2013, World Bank report says
The combined economies of the six South East European countries will shrink by 0.6 per cent in 2012, and face
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Bulgarian real estate brokers avoided 160M leva in taxes since 2007 – revenue agency
Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) said on December 18 that it estimated real estate intermediaries avoided paying 160 million leva
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Poll shows gap between Bulgarian ruling party and main opposition unchanged
With about six months to go to national parliamentary elections, Bulgaria’s centre-right ruling party GERB has about 24.5 per cent
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