Trial of Bulgaria’s former defence minister Nenchev over MiG engine repair deal starts
The trial in Sofia City Court of Bulgaria’s former defence minister Nikolai Nenchev on charges of malfeasance in office over
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Bulgarian President Radev steps into domestic political row over Nato and the Black Sea
In a late-night post on Facebook, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has stepped into a domestic pre-election political
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World Jewish Congress distressed that Lukov March in Sofia went ahead in spite of ban
The World Jewish Congress says that it is distressed that the Lukov March in Sofia went ahead in spite of
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Caretaker PM: Bulgaria will not nominate a European Commissioner for now
More than a month and a half since Bulgaria has had no European Commissioner, it remains unclear when a candidate
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Agrarian party marks Bulgaria’s first annual day of honouring fighters against Nazism
The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union party scheduled a wreath-laying on February 21 2017, the country’s first annual day of gratitude
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270 evacuated from Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre because of fire
A fire at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre in the early hours of February 21 led to the evacuation of 270
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Chapter may be closing on Sofia’s Slaveikov Square bookstalls
The open-air bookstalls on Slaveikov Square in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia could be facing being closed or limited only to certain
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Bulgarians abroad have until February 28 to apply to vote in March parliamentary elections
Bulgarians living abroad have until February 28 at midnight Sofia time to apply to vote in the March 26 2017
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Bulgarian elections 2017: Party leaders to battle it out in Sofia’s biggest electoral districts
Electoral district 25 in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will be the scene of an electoral battle among some of the country’s
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