Archaeology: Third-century inscription with names of Dionysus cult found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Archaeologists working at the Episcopal Basilica site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have found a large stone slab, estimated to
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Sixth Allegra Festival and Academy starts in Bulgaria’s Rousse on July 15
A Chamber Concert on July 15 will open the 10-day programme, which includes nine concerts, of the 2019 Allegra Festival
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1305 non-EU nationals ordered to leave Bulgaria in 2018
A total of 1305 non-EU nationals were ordered to leave Bulgaria in 2018, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on
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Opposition to debating scrapping machine voting sinks sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament
The sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly scheduled for July 12 was cancelled after a failure to gather a quorum, with
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Bulgaria Defence Minister signs F-16 fighter jet acquisition contracts
Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov signed on July 11 the contracts to buy eight Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets, one
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Fewer dead dolphins wash up on shores of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in 2019
Summer 2019 is again seeing numbers of dead dolphins washing up on the shore of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastline, but
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Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament probes lawfulness of ouster of Siderov
The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, Tsveta Karayancheva, has ordered an investigation into whether the ouster of Ataka leader Volen
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Bulgaria’s Parliament votes new rules on passports, identity documents
From 2021, Bulgarian citizens will have a choice of getting a passport with a validity of either five or 10
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CPT: Bulgaria progresses in treatment of detained foreigners, improvements in health care, communication needed
The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee (CPT), in a report published on July 11, praised certain improvements in the conditions
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