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Desislava Atanassova must resign as a Constitutional Court judge “as a moral act” after Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev told Parliament
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The draft Budget 2027 approved by the Bulgarian government on July 1 and yet to be approved by Parliament allocates
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As of July 1, Bulgaria’s National Toll Administration has begun using toll cameras to catch lorries breaking the rules in
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The 15th A to JazZ is being held in Sofia’s South Park II from July 2 to 5 2026. This
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Bulgaria is set to breach EU budget rules this year – by a wide margin and on purpose – after
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Bulgaria, Romania and Türkiye are expanding the mission of the Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Group to a new task of
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About 57 per cent of Bulgarians see the country as benefitting from its membership of the European Union, according to
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The average temperature in Bulgaria in June 2026 was 1.2 degrees Celsius above the climatic norm and the average rain
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A total of 219 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in the first half of 2026, 32 more than
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