Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Nessebur mayor among accused of vote-buying
The mayor of the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Nessebur, Nikolai Dimitrov, is accused of heading an organised crime group
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Democratic Bulgaria apologises to Bulgarian Jewish leaders over candidate’s Holocaust comment
Leaders of Democratic Bulgaria met leaders of the Bulgarian Jewish community on October 24 to apologise for a controversial Holocaust
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Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council elects Ivan Geshev as next Prosecutor-General, amid protests
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council approved by 20 votes to four the nomination of Ivan Geshev to be the country’s next
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Essex Police: 39 found dead in Bulgarian-registered lorry were Chinese
All of the 39 people found dead in a lorry are believed to be Chinese nationals, Essex Police said on
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Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office: 27 members of judiciary failed to declare assets abroad
Twenty-seven Bulgarian judges, prosecutors and investigators failed to declare bank accounts and properties abroad, in violation of the law, an
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Pre-trial proceedings against Democratic Bulgaria candidate in Sofia
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission said on October 23 that it had given permission for pre-trial proceedings to go ahead against
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Latest in series of protests in Sofia on eve of election of Geshev as Prosecutor-General
The latest in a series of protests in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia against the election of Ivan Geshev as Prosecutor-General began
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Essex Police: Lorry in which 39 found dead believed to have come from Bulgaria (updated)
A lorry in which 39 people were found dead is believed to have come from Bulgaria, Essex Police said on
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Prosecutors charge five over trafficking migrants from Turkey through Bulgaria to Western Europe
Five people have been charged for participating in an organised crime group trafficking migrants from Turkey through Bulgaria to Serbia
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