Sofia – Istanbul rail link set to return as reconstruction on Turkish side completed
The railway link between Bulgaria’s capital Sofia and Turkey’s largest city Istanbul is set to return after the completion of
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Lukov March 2017 goes ahead in spite of mayoral ban over foreign neo-Nazi involvement
The torchlight Lukov March proceeded through the streets of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on the evening of February 18 in spite
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FDI in Bulgaria in 2016 was 682.8M euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2016 stood at 682.8 million euro, the equivalent of 1.5 per cent of the
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Probe by Bulgaria’s caretaker government finds irregularities in public procurements
A two-week investigation ordered by Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov has found irregularities in a number of public procurements
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Lukov March 2017: US embassy says Lukov was known for his pro-Nazi views
The United States embassy in Sofia has become the latest to condemn the annual Lukov March, planned this year for
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Nomination of Bulgarian Orthodox Church for Nobel Prize focus of talks between Patriarch and Jewish leaders
The nomination of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in preventing the deportation of
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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: No firm has bid yet to supply voting machines
No company has yet filed documents to apply for the contract to rent voting machines to the Central Election Commission
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Borissov predicts difficulty in forming government after Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections
GERB leader and former prime minister Boiko Borissov predicted on February 16 that it would be difficult to form a
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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: A wealth of promises of wealth
If anyone believes the promises of sundry parties ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, they must already be
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