Bulgarian ultra-nationalist MEP fined, licence suspended, over drink-driving
Bulgarian ultra-nationalist MEP and former Sofia mayoral candidate Angel Dzhambazki has been fined 1000 leva (about 511 euro) and his
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International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ministers adopt 2020 Declaration
Cabinet ministers from member countries of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Bulgaria among them, adopted on January 19 the
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Bulgarian PM Borissov holds talks with IMF head Georgieva
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks in Sofia with International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva on January
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‘Lukov March’ organiser Bulgarian National Union hits back over probe by prosecutors
The ultra-nationalist Bulgarian National Union, organiser of the annual Lukov March held in Sofia in praise of a pro-Nazi general,
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Bulgarian authorities: Water to be piped via Sofia to resolve crisis in Pernik
The town of Pernik, stricken with a water supply crisis for months, is to be supplied with water from Belmeken
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Bulgarian Cabinet backs gambling bill banning private lottery games
Bulgaria’s Cabinet was supporting the bill of amendments to the country’s Gambling Act that would ban lottery games organised by
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FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2019 was 989.2M euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2019 stood at 989.2 million euro, the equivalent of
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Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General orders probe into organiser of ‘Lukov March’
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev has ordered an investigation into the legality or otherwise of the Bulgarian National Union – Edelweiss
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Controversy over round table on Second World War labour camps for Bulgarian Jewish men
The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria Shalom has sharply criticised a “national round table” held on January 17 billed
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