Bulgaria changes rules on validity of driving licences
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on September 19 2012 to change the rules on the length of validity of driving licences, cutting
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Bulgaria awaits clarity on promised pension increases
Pensions in Bulgaria will go up on April 1 2013, the head of Parliament’s committee on the Budget said, the
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World grain price increases push up prices of pork in Bulgaria, meat processors say
Prices of pork in Bulgaria have increased about 30 per cent since the end of July 2012, forced up by
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Moscow asks Washington to end USAID programmes in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has enacted a series of restrictive laws since returning to office in May. He and the
Read moreSecond annual festival Sounds of the Ages in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Former progressive rock band Marillion singer Fish and the British progressive/alternative band Anathema will play with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
Read moreFifth annual edition of Sofia Dance Week
The fifth annual edition of the international dance festival Sofia Dance Week will be held in Sofia between September 29
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Bulgarian court hears lawsuit against alleged radical Islam group
A Bulgarian court in the town of Pazardjik, in southern Bulgaria, held on September 18 the first hearing in a
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Planned move of Bulgarian Customs Agency HQ to Rousse put on hold – for some years
Less than a day after Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov vowed that the controversial plan to move the headquarters of Bulgaria’s
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Austrian, Bulgarian firms sign 30 million euro contract during Bulgarian President’s visit to Vienna
An Austrian-Bulgarian business forum in Vienna heard Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev underline his message that his country is a stable
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