Three EU foreign ministers on joint visit to Lebanon, Iraq
From June 21 to 24, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt and Polish foreign minister Radoslaw
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Bulgaria’s beach holiday economics 2012
The summer 2012 holiday season will see Bulgarians spending about 88 leva (44 euro) a day during vacations lasting an
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Appellate court overturns sentence of Bulgaria’s former revenue agency chief
Sofia Appellate Court overturned on June 20 the four-year sentence handed in 2011 to Maria Mourgina, the former head of
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Colleagues, friends bid farewell to Bulgarian TV’s Valya Krushkina
Family, friends and colleagues attended the funeral on June 20 2012 of Valentina Krushkina, a journalist for public broadcaster Bulgarian
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Bulgaria to extradite alleged drug trafficker to Italy
Sofia City Court ruled on June 20 to allow the extradition of Evelin Banev, alias Brendo, on trial in Bulgaria
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Bulgaria to spend five million leva on marketing tourism
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has instructed the Finance Ministry to pay five million leva (about 2.5 million euro) to the Economy, Energy
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves new scheme for citizenship for investors
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved, at a meeting on June 20 2012, proposed changes to the Citizenship Act that will facilitate the
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Competing protests in Sofia over Forestry Act amendments
Two protest rallies, for and against the recently-vetoed amendments to the Forestry Act, have been scheduled in Sofia on June
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Bulgaria’s media watchdog to discuss late-night porn shows with Prosecutor-General
The Council for Electronic Media, the statutory body that oversees Bulgaria’s broadcast media, has asked for a meeting with the
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