Parliamentary leader of Bulgaria coalition minority partner queries F-16 acquisition plan
Volen Siderov, parliamentary leader of the United Patriots – the grouping of far-right and nationalist parties that is the minority
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Increase of 4.9% in foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in January-November 2018
There were more than 8.834 million visits by foreign tourists to Bulgaria in January to November 2018, an increase of
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Close to 7% of Bulgarians’ household spending is on restaurants and hotels – Eurostat
In 2017, about 6.9 per cent of household spending by Bulgarians was on restaurants and hotels, European Union statistics agency
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New Year’s Eve open air concerts scheduled for Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Bourgas
Open-air concerts are scheduled for Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, as well as second city Plovdiv, “sea capital” Varna and Black Sea
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Bulgarian regulator increases prices of natural gas, water
Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission decided on December 28 to increase the price of natural gas by 3.51 per
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Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture: Mayor lengthens winter school holiday
Plovdiv mayor Ivan Totev has decreed the lengthening of the winter school holiday by two days as his city prepares
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Bulgarian government rearranges motorway system, creates ‘Europe’ motorway
At a regular meeting on December 27, Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided that Lyulin Motorway would become part of Struma Motorway and
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Bulgaria to hold celebrations in 2019 of 15 years of Nato membership
Bulgaria’s government has approved a plan to celebrate 15 years of Nato membership in 2019, along with the 70th anniversary
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Winter of change: Bulgaria and the crisis of 1996/97
At various points in the decades after the formal departure from power of Bulgarian Communist Party dictator Todor Zhivkov at
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