Bulgaria’s Plovdiv reports rise in earnings from tourism in 2017
Businesses and local authorities in Plovdiv are reporting increases in earnings from tourism, and a marked rise in the number
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Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto on Environmental Protection Act
Opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) joined Bulgaria’s ruling coalition on September 2014 in voting to overturn President Roumen
Read moreLarge fines for driving in emergency lanes after Bulgarian Road Traffic Act amended
Bulgaria’s Parliament has approved amendments to the Road Traffic Act, tabled by Bulgarian Socialist Party MPs. Motorist who use the
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Bulgarian national security report naming Russia as threat causes storm in Parliament
A national security report adopted by Bulgaria’s Cabinet that named Russia as one of the main foreign policy risks caused
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About 2200 migrants and refugees in Bulgaria as at September 2017 – official
There were about 2200 migrants and refugees in Bulgaria at the beginning of September 2017, according to a regular report
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What’s On: 2017 ‘Kvartal’ Festival in Sofia from September 15 to 17
The Kvartal Festival 2017, the second of its kind, will be held in the Bulgarian capital from September 15 to
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Dossier Commission names six Bulgarian Jewish community leaders as former State Security people
Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law to check people in public life for links to the country’s communist-era
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Bulgaria’s SJC elects Georgi Cholakov to head high court
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) elected Georgi Cholakov as the next head of the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC), one of
Read moreCorruption claims: Another Bulgarian MEP comes to the defence of country’s border police
Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Emil Radev has become the second to come to the defence of the country’s
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