Bulgarian railways suspends 14 passenger trains because of locomotive shortage
Bulgarian state railways BDZ is suspending 14 passenger trains from September 30 to October 20 so that it can use
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Campaigning in Sofia mayoral elections begins
Official campaigning in the autumn 2019 mayoral elections in Sofia has begun, with 20 candidates vying to be first citizen
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Bulgaria’s nationalist Deputy PM throws spanner in works about N Macedonia’s EU hopes
A Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and leader of a nationalist party, Krassimir Karakachanov, has thrown cold water on support for
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Refusal of Ivancheva’s candidacy for Sofia mayor overturned
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has overturned a ruling by the Sofia municipal election commission that barred former Mladost district
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with head of American Jewish Committee
Bulgaria’s active co-operation with the American Jewish community has an important role to play, both in the development of bilateral
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Broadcast regulator gives head of Bulgarian National Radio a week to resign
Three months after appointing him, broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has given Bulgarian National Radio Svetoslav Kostov
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Record number of foreign tourists in Bulgaria in August 2019 – statistics institute
The number of foreign tourists who visited Bulgaria in August 2019 was 3.8 per cent higher than in August 2018,
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Angelkova: 346 000 people employed in Bulgaria’s tourism industry
There are about 27 000 enterprises involved in the hotel and restaurant business in Bulgaria and more than 346 000
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Radev at UN: Bulgaria supports European integration of Western Balkans as investment in stability
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, President Roumen Radev reiterated Bulgaria’s consistent support for the integration of the Western Balkans
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