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A funeral agency that advertises its services in a hospital or tries to tout for business in a morgue will face a fine of 3000 leva (about 1500 euro), according […]
Travelling time from Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia to the Black Sea coast is being further reduced by the opening on July 12 2012 of a new 35.7km stretch of the […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has nominated four new ambassadors, in the latest round of the changing of the guard in the country’s foreign diplomatic representation, naming well-known dissident author and journalist Dimitar […]
Bulgaria’s Government plans to ask the European Commission to postpone the deadline for the switch to digital broadcasting, now set for September 1 2013, Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov said on […]
Disenchantment with Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB Government and its leader, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, after the Forestry Act amendments controversy and a swathe of electricity, natural gas and other price hikes […]
Remarks by Bulgaria’s Agriculture and Food Minister Miroslav Naidenov that he wanted “swarthy fellows” selling corn on the country’s beaches to “disappear” so that Bulgaria could have a good reputation […]
Free sightseeing tours, similar to those in Sofia and Varna, start in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv on July 13 2012. They will be in English and will be offered […]
Ski lifts on Vitosha mountain near Sofia, which were halted last year by the company that holds the concession, will resume operations within weeks. Vitosha Ski said at the time […]
Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency is starting large-scale check-ups of cooking oil used at catering establishments, according to Agriculture and Food Minister Miroslav Naidenov, who also has pledged check-ups of food […]
Sofia municipal company Ecoravnovesie, which is in charge of regulating the Bulgarian capital city’s stray dog population, has hit out at people’s “irresponsibility” in abandoning dogs and puppies. The firm […]
