Bulgarian Defence Ministry official publicly apologises for Hitler salute photograph
Ivo Antonov, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry official whose appearance in a photograph showing him giving a Nazi salute compounded the
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Bulgarian Customs finds record 423kg of heroin in lorry headed for the Netherlands
Customs officers from the north-western Bulgarian town of Lom found 423kg of heroin at the Vidin-Calafat border checkpoint in a
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Number of refugees in Bulgaria has dropped significantly – report
In the past six months, the number of refugees and migrants in Bulgaria has decreased significantly, according to Interior Ministry
Read moreBulgarian prosecutors: Assenovgrad chief architect, businessman arrested in corruption probe
The Plovdiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office has ordered that Assenovgrad chief architect Kostadin Atanassov and businessman Mitkov Zahariev be held in
Read moreBulgarian President criticises government, calls for condemnation of Nazism over ‘Hitler salutes’ scandals
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has become the latest to react to the controversy of the past few days about photographs
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Bulgarian Defence Ministry official pictured with Hitler salute keeps job – for now
Bulgarian Defence Minister and nationalist United Patriots co-leader Krassimir Karakachanov said on May 19 that no decision had been taken
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Nationalists in Bulgarian government mean rocky first fortnight for third Borissov cabinet
Bulgaria’s National Assembly is hardly ever a place free of acrimonious exchanges, but May 2017 is seeing ever more bitter
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Bulgaria arrests 23 in operation against hackers involved in international customs evasion group
Bulgaria’s chief directorate against organised crime said on May 19 that 23 people had been arrested so far in an
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English is most-studied foreign language at European schools, French second – EU report
In almost all European countries, English is the foreign language learnt by most pupils during primary and secondary education, according
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