Bulgarians to get six-day holiday at beginning of May 2013
Bulgaria’s Cabinet was expected to declare, at its meeting on November 14 2012, a continuous six-day holiday from May 1
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Bulgarian PM coy on South Stream, gas deal talks ongoing
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov did not confirm, on November 13, reports in Bulgarian language media that he would attend
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Syrian unified opposition group gets welcome from EU, but awaits recognition, financial and military support
France, the United Kingdom and Bulgaria are among individual European Union countries that have added their statements to the EU’s
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Bulgaria’s Sveshtari golden treasure goes on display November 14
Bulgaria’s National Archaeology Museum will display on November 14 the trove of golden artefacts found near the village of Sveshtari
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Bulgarian annual inflation at 4.4 per cent in October
Bulgaria’s year-on-year consumer price inflation was 4.4 per cent in October, receding from a 12-month high in September, when it
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Record haul of contraband cigarettes in Bulgaria
Customs officers in Sofia seized a consignment of contraband cigarettes of a record value of seven million leva (about 3.5
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Holy Synod to meet on Patriarch election preparations but Plovdiv Metropolitan to stay away for 40 days
The Holy Synod, the governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, is to meet on November 14 2012 to discuss
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Bulgaria controversial judge refuses to stand down in Constitutional Court contretemps
Veneta Markovska, the judge whose election to Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court last month has stirred controversy, has refused to step down
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Bulgaria competition regulator says could probe Sofia taxis for cartel
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) could investigate taxi companies in the country’s capital city Sofia to ascertain whether
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