Purvanov’s ABC party names Kalfin as presidential candidate
Georgi Purvanov’s socialist splinter ABC party, one of the two smallest parties in the Bulgarian National Assembly and formerly part
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Plevneliev tells EU presidents: ‘Main goal not to let Europe fall into crisis of values’
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plenevliev has told his EU counterparts that their main goal is not to let
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Orban: Hungary would gladly support Georgieva to be UN chief
Hungary would gladly support Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva to be United Nations Secretary-General, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban said
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In Bratislava, Visegrad Four to call for assistance for Bulgaria to tackle migration
At the September 16 summit of EU leaders in Bratislava to discuss the refugee and migration crisis, the Visegrad Four
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Close to 2800 people applied for asylum in Bulgaria in August 2016
A total of 2776 people applied for asylum in Bulgaria in August 2016, according to a monthly report by the
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Borissov in sideswipes over Bulgaria’s UN Secretary-General candidacy
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that if Bulgaria’s candidate to be UN Secretary-General had been nominated by his GERB
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Bulgarian government agrees tourism deal with Saudi Arabia
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on September 13 a memorandum on co-operation in tourism with Saudi Arabia, the government media service said.
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PM Borissov: Bokova remains Bulgaria’s candidate UN Secretary-General
Irina Bokova remains Bulgaria’s candidate to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on September
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Bulgarian Border Police find would-be migrants drowned in Danube
Bulgarian Border Police have found the bodies of a man and a boy who drowned in the Danube River, part
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