Brexit: Bulgaria formally joins the race to take over the hosting of the European Medicines Agency
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has decided to nominate Sofia to host the European Medicines Agency, one of two major European Union bodies
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Bulgaria H1 2017 Budget surplus at 1.75B leva
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first half of 2017 was 1.75 billion leva, or
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Former MP from Borissov’s GERB party faces six criminal charges, including for threatening murder
Bulgaria’s special anti-corruption unit at the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has lodged charges against Zhivko Martinov, formerly an MP for
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More than half of Bulgarians cannot afford a week’s holiday away from home – Eurostat
More than half of Bulgarians cannot afford a week’s holiday away from home, making them among the worst-off in the
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Archaeology: More than 80 mediaeval tombs found at Bulgaria’s Perperikon
Professor Nikolai Ovcharov’s archaeological team working at the ancient sacred site of Perperikon in Bulgaria has discovered more than 80
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Bulgarian nationalist politician accused in people-trafficking case resigns from Simeonov’s party
Anelia Veleva, co-ordinator of Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s far-right National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria party in
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Bulgarian National Assembly adopts calendar of events for 2018 EU Presidency
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 28, at its final sitting before the summer recess, to approve the calendar of
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Bulgarian nationalist United Patriots MP: Commission for Protection against Discrimination is ‘redundant’
Pavel Shopov, an MP for the nationalist United Patriots and a long-standing member of Volen Siderov’s Ataka party, told Bulgaria’s
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Archaeology: Ancient stone baptismal vessel found at Plovdiv’s Episcopal Basilica site
A team of archaeologists coming to the close of a 10-month project at Plovdiv’s Episcopal Basilica site have found a
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