Former minister for EU presidency: Putin likely to visit Bulgaria in 2018
Russian president Vladimir Putin has been invited to visit Bulgaria in 2018, when the country celebrates 140 years of liberation
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Bulgarian transport workers suspend protest at Kulata checkpoint after ‘most’ demands met
Bulgarian transport workers who protested at the Kulata border checkpoint with Greece on May 29 ended the protest after talks
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Union of Bulgarian Transport Workers to protest at Kulata border checkpoint with Greece on May 29
The Union of Bulgarian Transport Workers says that it is going ahead with a protest at the Kulata border checkpoint
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Top cleric complains of absence of Bulgarian Orthodox Church clergy at Radev’s audience with Pope Francis
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, Anthony, has complained that none of the church’s clergy were
Read more40 arrests, thousands of items seized, in Bulgaria, Turkey and France in operation against illegal trade in archaeological objects
A total of 40 people were arrested in Bulgaria, Turkey and France and about 5500 items seized as police bust
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Opposition: Appointment of Simeonov to head National Council on Co-operation on Ethnic and Integration Issues is ‘cynicism’
The appointment of Deputy Prime Minister and nationalist United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov to head Bulgaria’s National Council on Co-operation
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Bulgarian President Radev discusses migration issues, people-trafficking, with Pope Francis
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said that he had held a “very interesting” discussion with Pope Francis on topical issues such
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Bulgarian PM Borissov: ‘We’ll buy new jet fighters when we’re ready’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has hit back after President Roumen Radev, a former Air Force commander, publicly criticised him
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21 foreigners have quit Bulgaria in past two years after causing fatal car crashes and injuries – report
Twenty-one foreigners responsible for fatalities and injuries in car crashes in the past two years had fled the country, local
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