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Broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) is referring allegations of illicit pressure, including threats and censorship, against Bulgarian National Radio for investigation by prosecutors. CEM also is ordering […]
Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court has remanded in custody a British national and a Bulgarian accused of being part of an organised crime group trafficking firearms and narcotics from Bulgaria to […]
An exhibition entitled “Travelling the World. Art from Germany”, of artworks from the ifa collection 1949 to the present, opens at two galleries in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv on October […]
A newly-created Japanese Nohn play “Orpheus” and the classical “The Feather Mantle” and “The Ground Spider” will be presented on the stage of the Ancient Theatre Plovdiv on September 27 […]
At a ceremony in Berlin on September 19, Bulgaria’s Culture Minister Boil Banov was to be handed archaeological finds acquired through illegal excavations and illegally exported from Bulgaria, his ministry […]
A regular quarterly opinion poll by Bulgaria’s Alpha Research agency shows a rise in critical attitudes towards the quality and style of the government, but other political parties are not […]
Bulgaria’s gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz said on September 18 that it has signed a contract to design and build the expansion of Bulgaria’s domestic gas infrastructure, needed in order for […]
Relations between Bulgaria and Russia have not deteriorated, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on September 18, eight days after an official announcement that the head of the country’s Russophile […]
The municipal council in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has amended public order regulations to provide for a fine of 100 to 3000 leva (about 50 to 1500 euro) for anyone […]
Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jets from Graf Ignatievo Air Force Base are taking part in the joint exercise Blue Bridge 2019 along with the Romanian Air Force and the […]
