Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amended concessions law
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on February 2 that he was vetoing the recently amended Concessions Act, arguing that some
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Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Welcome to the machine
Bulgarian government officials are at pains to issue assurances that the March 2017 parliamentary elections will succeed in spite of
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Bulgaria scrambles to respond to Supreme Court order for machine voting at all polling stations
Bulgaria’s caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Stefan Yanev, in charge of preparations for the country’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, was
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Bulgaria marks day of commemorating victims of communism
Members of Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and of the centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition held separate wreath-laying ceremonies in central Sofia
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Head of Bulgaria’s State Fund Agriculture resigns at request of caretaker Agriculture Minister
The head of Bulgaria’s State Fund Agriculture, Roumen Porozhanov, resigned on February 1 at the request of Hristo Bozukov, Agriculture
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Bulgarian supreme court scraps limit of 500 voting machines for elections
Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has overturned the limit set by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of no more than 500
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Bulgaria advises motorists to avoid Kulata border checkpoint after hour-long blockade by Greek farmers
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry advised motorists on January 31 to avoid the Kulata – Promachonas border crossing after protesting Greek farmers
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Bulgarian President Radev: Strengthening Nato should be ‘hand-in-hand’ with deepening political dialogue with Russia
The increase of the defensive deterrence posture of Nato should go hand-in-hand with deepening political dialogue with Russia, to avoid
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Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2016 was 7.1%, below EU average – Eurostat
Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2016 was 7.1 per cent, unchanged from November 2016 and down from the 7.9 per
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