Bulgaria’s construction ban on Cape Kaliakra incites heated protests, recriminations
A blanket ban on new construction in north-western Bulgaria, in areas around Cape Kaliakra on the Black Sea coast, has
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29 lodge civil court action against company over gas tank train blast in Bulgaria’s Hitrino
Twenty-nine people have lodged civil claims in court against the Bulmarket company for compensation of a total of more than
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In Sarajevo, Bulgarian FM reiterates support for EU accession of Western Balkans
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has told her counterpart in Sarajevo that Bulgaria supports the accession of Western Balkans countries
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Partial lunar eclipse to be visible from Bulgaria at moonrise on August 7
As North America prepares for its first full solar eclipse in decades later this month, the consolation prize for sky
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Bulgarian court orders nationalist politician returned to custody on people-trafficking charges
The Regional Court in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has ordered Anelia Veleva, the former Kostinbrod co-ordinator of the nationalist National
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Bulgarian Deputy PM promises stepped-up police presence in Roma area of Plovdiv
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov, who is one of the co-leaders of the nationalist United Patriots minority partner in
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Bulgarian court acquits ‘migrant hunter’ over detention of Afghan migrants
The Regional Court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas acquitted Petar “The Feather” Nizamov on August 3 of
Read morePrime ministers Borissov and Zaev sign Bulgaria – Macedonia good neighbourliness treaty
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Republic of Macedonia counterpart Zoran Zaev signed a treaty of good neighbourliness between
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Bulgaria’s 2017 road death toll reaches 347 as August summer holiday peak season begins
A total of 347 people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria since the start of 2017, according to statistics
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