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Flu epidemics were declared in Bulgaria’s districts of Pazardzhik and Yambol on January 17. In Yambol, schools will be closed from January 18 to 23. An order to close schools […]
Bulgaria opened a new trade representation in Skopje on January 17, marking the occasion with a business forum involving 50 Bulgarian companies, the largest such bilateral event in several years. […]
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) respects the decision of the Bulgarian Parliament on the process of acquiring a new type of combat aircraft, but remains convinced that the Swedish […]
A five-judge panel of Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has ruled on January 16 against the Cabinet’s changes to the Pirin National Park management plan, adopted in December 2017, which […]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on January 16 by 130 votes to 84 giving the government a mandate to negotiate with the United States on acquiring F-16 fighter jets. The move […]
Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry said on January 16 that it has simplified the process of acquiring Bulgarian citizenship, reducing the amount of paperwork required from candidates and speeding up the proceedings, […]
Bulgarian MPs voted on January 16 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on Penal code amendments that give law enforcement agencies more time until they have to notify relatives of […]
The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Plovdiv has on its own initiative started an investigation into the spending of funds for the January 12 opening ceremony of Plovdiv – European Capital […]
A flu epidemic has been declared in the Bulgarian municipality of Pernik, and schools will be closed from January 17 to 22. On January 14, flu epidemics were declared in […]
About 221 300 electronic road tax stickers – known as “e-vignettes” – had been sold by the evening of January 15, raising a sum of more than 15 million leva […]
