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Journalists in Bulgaria who may have expected the sharply chilly late autumn evening of November 16 to present nothing other than a graceful slide into the relaxation of a Friday […]
Valeri Simeonov, a co-leader of Bulgaria’s government minority coalition partner the United Patriots, said on November 16 that his surprise announcement of his resignation had come as a result of […]
Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of the minority coalition partner in Bulgaria’s government the United Patriots, resigned as Deputy Prime Minister on the night of November 16. Bulgaria’s most-watched television channel, bTV, [… ...
Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right party National Rally, has told a forum in Bulgarian capital city Sofia that the European Union is the “biggest enemy of Europe”. […]
Bulgaria’s Deputy Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov appeared to dismiss, in an interview with the armed forces television channel, the option of purchasing F-18s as part of the process to select […]
After prolonged tensions and mutual criticism, Bulgarian Prime Minister and President Roumen Radev are to hold face-to-face talks. Radev, elected on the ticket of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, has […]
Responding to objections from various faiths, parties in Bulgaria’s Parliament are revising amendments to the Religious Denomination Act before the bill is put to a second reading. This emerged after […]
Children from different communities in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv planted a “Garden of Tolerance” on November 16 to mark the International Day of Tolerance. Taking part in the tree-planting were […]
A motorist caught up in congestion caused by protesters against “high fuel prices” in the Bulgarian town of Pernik fired shots from a gas pistol, Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported […]
The deadline for bids in the tender for the 35-year concession on Sofia Airport has been postponed again, to January 29 2019, according to a notice posted on the concession […]
