Bulgarian Parliament unanimously backs good neighbourliness agreement with Republic of Macedonia
With a vote of 206 in favour, none against and with no abstentions, Bulgaria’s Parliament adopted on July 27 a
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Turkey appoints new ambassador to Bulgaria, sending Gökçe to Guatemala – reports
The Turkish foreign ministry is to appoint career diplomat Hasan Ulusoy as Ankara’s ambassador in Sofia, and is sending the
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Bulgaria’s government ‘to fight bureaucracy with more bureaucracy’
A month and a half after declaring a total war on bureaucracy, the Bulgarian government has decided that in order
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Belgrade court declines to rule in Vassilev extradition case
A high court in Belgrade has decided it was outside its competence to rule on Bulgaria’s request to extradite Tsvetan
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Bulgarian and Macedonian governments approve draft good neighbourliness agreement
At their respective meetings in Sofia and Skopje on July 26, the governments of Bulgaria and of the Republic of
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Albania wants to ‘do its homework in best possible way’ on EU accession, president tells Bulgarian FM
Albanian president Ilir Meta has told Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva that his country relies heavily on Bulgaria and its
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Bulgarian Energy Minister meets Israeli, US ambassadors on energy security, diversification issues
Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev and Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova held talks with Israeli ambassador in Sofia Irit Lillian
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US ambassador to Bulgaria backs planned Sofia – Skopje good neighbourliness agreement
Speaking after talks with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov on July 26, the US ambassador in Sofia, Eric Rubin, said
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Archaeology: Ivory icon, rare Byzantine gold coin found at Bulgaria’s Rusokastro fortress site
Archaeologists working at the Rusokastro fortress site near Bourgas on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast have made a rare find,
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