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Solemn state ceremonials, protests in all major cities and a march by ultra-nationalists Ataka are all scheduled for Bulgaria’s national day, March 3. In short, at the least it is […]
A video for Macedonia’s entry for the 2013 Eurovision song contest, Vlato “Lozano” Lozanoski and Esma Redžepova’s Imperija (“Empire”), was pulled from YouTube 24 hours after the song’s launch and […]
Bulgaria’s acting Cabinet approved on March 1 a series of changes to the regulations on the implementation of the Investment Promotion Act, the Government’s media service said in a statement. […]
The first day of March and the latest day of Bulgaria’s national political crisis produced another round of developments and dramas. Some jottings from The Sofia Globe’s notebook: • The […]
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on March 1 that it has proposed an electricity price cut that will reduce prices by an average of 5.3-5.8 per […]
Some of the leaders of recent nationwide protests invited to take part in President Rossen Plevneliev’s “public council” walked out of its first meeting on March 1, saying that they […]
Bulgaria’s long-standing saga of a planned fighter jet acquisition will become a matter for the next government, while negotiations with potential suppliers have been proceeding in accordance with a plan […]
A new European Union regulation on bus and coach passenger rights came into effect on March 1 2013, providing bus and coach travellers throughout the EU with new rights, the […]
Even before its first meeting on March 1 2013, the “public council” called together by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev with the intention of providing citizens’ input to the forthcoming caretaker […]
Unemployment among youth, meaning under-25s, hit 28.3 per cent in Bulgaria in January 2013, higher than the European Union average of 23.6 per cent. This is according to figures released […]
