Bulgarian President’s consultative council meeting on high-level corruption comes to nothing
The April 8 meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security called by Bulgarian President Roumen Radev to discuss measures
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Bulgarian PM summons security, defence officials over migrant situation in Greece
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held a meeting at the Cabinet office with the interior and defence minister and army
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A weekend of politics as registration for Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections continues
With seven weeks to go to Bulgaria’s May 26 2019 European Parliament elections, political parties and coalitions used the process
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Confirmed cases of measles in Bulgaria have more than doubled in a month, to 223
There are 282 registered cases of measles in Bulgaria, of which 223 have been confirmed by laboratory tests, the Health
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Bulgaria increases patrols at borders as migrants try to reach North Macedonia from Greece
Bulgaria has strengthened its border patrols and is ready to implement a crisis management plan, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov told
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German President visits the Berlin Wall – in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Visiting Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was shown decorated fragments of the
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Registration for Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections begins with ruling majority shaken by apartments controversy
As has become traditional in recent years, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party was the first in the
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In 2018, Bulgaria again second-highest in EU in road fatality rate – European Commission report
For the second consecutive year, Bulgaria had the second-highest road fatality rate in the European Union, the European Commission said
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Opposition to Bulgaria’s government seizes on controversy around anti-corruption chief
The announcement on April 4 by Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General that the head of the country’s anti-corruption commission, Plamen Georgiev, was under
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