Bulgarian deputy PM’s verbal assault on Russian Patriarch sparks row in ‘United Patriots’
After Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and nationalist United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov hit out in a television interview against Russian
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Bulgaria records 3.6% economic growth in 2017
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 3.6 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said
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Bulgarian government grants 15 000 euro to Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation
The Bulgarian Cabinet announced on March 7 that it had approved a grant of 15 000 euro to the Auschwitz-Birkenau
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Bulgarian government retracts approval of Istanbul Convention
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet has retracted its approval of the Istanbul Convention and withdrawn its request to Parliament
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister: ‘Enormous opportunities’ to boost co-operation with Arab countries
The opportunities for successful co-operation with Arab countries in trade, engineering and investment, energy and tourism are enormous, Bulgarian Foreign
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Bulgarian deputy PM Simeonov: Russian Patriarch Kirill is ‘second-rate Soviet cop’
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov sharply criticised Russian Patriarch Kirill for seeking to impose the Kremlin’s view of the
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March 2018: An open letter from the Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria – ‘We Remember’
Open Letter: ‘We Remember’ In this momentous year of 2018: We remember how, 75 years ago, the vast majority of
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Two Bulgarian former presidents enter controversy over Russian Patriarch Kirill’s dispute over history
Two Bulgarian former heads of state have entered the controversy sparked by Russian Patriarch Kirill taking offence at other countries
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Bulgarian MFA wants Edirne Consul-General to explain controversial changes to Liberation Day celebration
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is seeking an explanation from the Consul-General in the Turkish city of Edirne
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