PM fires police spokesperson for calling man who photographed sleeping police a ‘fool’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov ordered the Interior Ministry to fire Varna police spokesperson Kalinka Pencheva after she publicly called
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Bulgarian Parliament passes deposit interest tax
Bulgarian MPs approved at first reading on October 25 amendments to the country’s tax laws that will make interest on
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Bulgarian state lottery jackpot set to hit 5.5 million leva
An estimated 5.5 million leva (about 2.8 million euro) are expected to be up for grabs in one of the
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Months after disasters, some residents of Bulgaria’s Bisser and Pernik still awaiting relief
Eight months after fatal flooding hit the village of Bisser and five months after the mining town of Pernik was
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Danube Bridge 2 to open for business in spring 2013
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Victor Ponta took a stroll on October 24 on the completed
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EU asks Bulgaria to implement pesticide use regulations
The European Commission asked on October 24 that seven countries, Bulgaria included, pass legislation to ensure compliance with the directive
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Nuclear reactor at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy plant back in operation
Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant said on October 26 that it has restarted operations at the nuclear reactor taken offline
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Bulgarian Parliament drops Belene off nuclear referendum question
Bulgarian MPs approved on October 24 the wording of the question for the plebiscite on the future of nuclear energy
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Bulgarian prosecutors ask to investigate two MPs
Bulgaria’s prosecutor-general has asked Parliament to lift the immunity from prosecution from two MP, deputy speaker Anastas Anastassov said on
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