Tattoo Fest Sofia 2012
This year the traditional Tattoo Fest Sofia will be a two-day event. It will take place on October 6 and
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Bulgaria
Domestic politics, stories of relevance to expatriates, organised crime and corruption, judiciary, foreign policy and popular topics such as archaeology and weather
Bulgaria cannot ban citizens leaving the country because of unpaid debts, European Court of Justice says
The European Court of Justice says that Bulgarian authorities cannot ban the country’s citizens from travelling outside the country within
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Eighty arrests, millions of dollars of goods seized in global crackdown on illicit online pharmacies
A global operation spanning 100 countries aimed at disrupting the organised crime networks behind the illicit online sale of medicines
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In conversation with the king at the British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce
The British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce in conversation with King and former Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha at the British
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Bulgaria to join Holocaust international body
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved a proposal for the country to join, as an observer, the Task Force for International Cooperation
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Bulgaria draft Budget banking on higher revenues to offset salary, pension hikes
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry published the draft 2013 Budget in which it set ambitious economic growth and tax revenue targets –
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Improvements needed to safety features of almost all European nuclear power stations – EC report
The standards of safety of nuclear power plants in Europe are “generally high” but further improvements in the safety features
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Number of Bulgarians wanting to emigrate has risen – poll
A poll at the end of September 2012 found that 14 per cent of Bulgarians surveyed wanted to leave the
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Bulgarian Border Police arrest 33 illegal immigrants, mainly Syrians, in 24 hours
About 33 people had been arrested over the past 24 hours in attempts to cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border, Senior Commissioner
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