Warning on intense traffic as Bulgaria takes off four-day Unification Day long weekend
Motorists planning to travel long distances in Bulgaria for the four-day Unification Day long weekend from September 6 to 9
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet to amend Investment Promotion Act
Bulgaria’s Cabinet was expected to approve, at a meeting on September 5 2012, changes to the Investment Promotion Act aimed
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Sofia’s landmark Tsar Liberator statue removed for repairs
Five-ton Tsar Liberator Alexander II and his horse are on the move from their customary spot in central Sofia outside
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European Commission opens antitrust investigation into Gazprom
The European Commission (EC) said on September 4 2012 that it had opened formal proceedings to investigate whether Gazprom, the
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Putin’s palaces, yachts, cars and watches: An opposition guide to Russia’s rich and famous
“I have worked like a galley slave throughout these eight years, morning till night.” Vladimir Putin summing up his first
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Further fallout from Armenian – Azerbaijani – Hungarian controversy over pardoned killer
About 50 people from the Armenian community in Bulgaria held a protest outside the Hungarian embassy in Sofia on September
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10 traffic cops in Bulgaria’s Rousse fired for taking bribes
Ten traffic police in the Bulgarian city of Rousse have been dismissed for taking bribes, the senior Interior Ministry official
Read moreHarsh winter, hot summer push up prices of Bulgarian grapes – and wines and rakiya
Bulgaria’s prolonged below-freezing winter temperatures at the start of 2012, followed by scorching hot weather in summer, mean lower grape
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Moody’s lowers ratings outlook for EU
Moody’s Investors Service on Monday lowered its ratings outlook for the European Union from stable to negative, as the bloc
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