Bulgaria’s team of 21 in Pyeongchang as XXIII Winter Olympic Games open
A lavish ceremony with a cast of 2000 marked the February 9 opening of the XXIII Winter Olympic Games in
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Sofia to use site of Bulgarian former dictator Dimitrov’s mausoleum for underground art gallery
Sofia City Council voted on February 8 to turn the underground spaces at the site where late communist dictator Georgi
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Online petition calls on Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to condemn ‘Lukov March’
A new online petition is calling on Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to speak out against the “Lukov March” planned
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EC winter forecast nudges down Bulgaria’s 2018 growth estimate
The European Commission’s winter forecast for the EU economy, released on February 7, estimated that Bulgaria’s economy would continue growing
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Number of Bulgarian MEPs to be unchanged in post-Brexit European Parliament
Members of the European Parliament voted on February 7 to approve changes to the number of seats in the legislature
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EU leaders invite Turkish president Erdoğan to ‘leaders’ meeting’ in Bulgaria’s Varna in March 2018
European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker have written to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inviting
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Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019: Call for ‘small projects’ proposals
The Plovdiv 2019 Foundation has announced an open call for small projects to be part of the city’s place as
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Dutch PM Rutte in Sofia: More work needed before Bulgaria can join Schengen
Visiting Sofia on February 6, Netherlands prime minister Mark Rutte expressed support for Bulgaria joining the EU’s Schengen visa zone,
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Bulgaria welcomes European Commission adoption of strategy for Western Balkans
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bulgaria said on February 6 that it welcomes the Strategy for the Western Balkans, adopted
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