Bulgaria’s special court again does not proceed with Bourgas Airport terrorist trial
Bulgaria’s special criminal court again has not proceeded with the trial of the accused charged with a July 2012 terrorist
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Bulgarian, CEE leaders react to Trump election
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov are among leaders in Central and Eastern Europe who have sent
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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 9
On November 9 it was improbable that the two candidates in the runoff in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential election could
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EU autumn economic forecast bumps up Bulgaria’s growth forecast for 2016
European Commission’s autumn forecast for the EU economy, released on November 9, re-iterated the economic growth estimate in the 28-country
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Bulgarian Parliament meets briefly and votes itself back into recess
Bulgaria’s National Assembly met briefly on November 9, its only item of business to vote itself back into recess, with
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Four Bulgarians arrested in Spain over forced labour exploitation
Four Bulgarians have been arrested in an operation by Spain’s Guardia Civil in which a human trafficking network involved in
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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 8
The candidates in the November 13 run-off of Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections, Roumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva, will face each
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Bulgaria referendum turnout falls just short of making outcome mandatory
The number of ballots cast in Bulgaria’s national referendum, held on the same day as the first round of presidential
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Foreign Minister: Bulgarians abroad will have easier time voting in presidential election runoff
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov says that voting abroad will proceed more easily at the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential
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