Post-election acrimony in Bulgarian Socialist Party in run-up to congress
The weekend of a meeting of the national council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party saw further open criticism of party
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Thousands turn out for Sofia Pride 2019
An estimated more than 6000 people attended Sofia Pride 2019, held in Bulgaria’s capital city on June 8 with the
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Bulgarian Prosecutors: ‘Islamic State’ recruited 16-year-old who planned Plovdiv bomb attack
A 16-year-old boy who had been preparing a bomb attack in central Plovdiv had been recruited by the “Islamic State”,
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Terrorist attack in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv thwarted – reports
Bulgarian authorities have thwarted a planned terrorist bomb attack in the city of Plovdiv, arresting a boy in his late
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Poll: Support among Bulgarians for adoption of the euro drops to just less than half
Fifty-three per cent of Bulgarians believe that the euro has been good for the countries that already use the common
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Bulgaria’s capital Sofia one of eight sites picked to host European world-class supercomputers
The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, EuroHPC, has selected eight sites for supercomputing centres located in eight different EU countries to
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Bulgarian Jewish organisation supports Sofia Pride 2019
The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has issued a statement of support for Sofia Pride 2019 and the
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Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency begins checks at Black Sea coast
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said that in connection with the summer tourist season, it had begun checks of various
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Bulgaria begins new probe into suspected irregularities in funds for guest houses
A new investigation is to begin following suspected irregularities in funding from the State Fund Agriculture for guest house projects,
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