Political polarisation as Bulgaria commemorates victims of communism
Bulgaria’s customary political polarisation was in evidence on February 1, the day decreed in 2011 to commemorate the many thousands
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42 dead in road accidents in Bulgaria in first month of 2018
A total of 42 people died in road accidents in the first month of 2018 in Bulgaria, the EU country
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Bulgaria’s GERB to seek Constitutional Court ruling on Istanbul Convention
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s party GERB, the senior partner in the governing coalition, plans to seek a ruling from
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Bulgarian Constitutional Court rules Parliament cannot reject an MP’s resignation
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on January 30 that the National Assembly acted unconstitutionally in rejecting the resignation of MP Delyan
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Flu epidemics declared, closing schools in Varna, Rousse and four other Bulgarian districts
Schools have been closed in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna, Rousse on the Danube, and in four other districts
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Controversy as two candidates shortlisted to be new Bulgarian Orthodox Church Vidin Metropolitan
Controversy attended the January 28 diocesan election to shortlist two candidates to be the next Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘The best antidote to anti-Semitism and hate speech is knowledge’
Calling on the world to “stand together against the normalisation of hate,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres emphasised in his
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Flu epidemic declared in Bulgarian capital city Sofia
A flu epidemic has been declared in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, and schools will be closed from January 29 until
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Election of new Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Vidin to be held on January 28
The election of a new Metropolitan of Vidin will be held on January 28 2018, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing
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