Russian Orthodox Church pulls out of Pan-Orthodox Council
In what was hardly a surprise move, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church called on June 13 for
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Bulgaria completes gas compressor upgrade at Greek border
Bulgaria has completed the upgrade of a gas compressor station at Petrich, near the border with Greece, which completes the
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Bulgarian President joins condemnation of Orlando mass shooting
In a condolences cable to US President Barack Obama, Bulgarian head of state Rossen Plevneliev has condemned the terrorist attack
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Bulgaria annual CPI records 2% deflation in May
Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by two per cent year-on-year in May, while the monthly data showed a flat
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Austria: Bulgaria a reliable partner in solving refugee crisis
Bulgaria has long been a reliable partner in solving the refugee crisis, Austria’s foreign minister Sebastian Kurz told his visiting
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Bulgaria chooses Junior Eurovision 2016 contestant
Ten-year-old Lidiya Ganeva of Plovdiv was chosen on June 11 to represent Bulgaria at the 2016 Junior Eurovision song contest, to
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After Sunny Beach shooting, Bulgaria makes show of tax, cop checkups
After a night-time shootout at the Sunny Beach coastal resort which left one man dead and one of Bulgaria’s most
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Pan-Orthodox Council: Bulgarian, Russian Orthodox Church positions ‘overlap’
The Georgian Orthodox Church said on June 10 it would not attend the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete in June, the
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Keep a civil tongue in your head, Bulgarian President tells MPs
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has appealed to the country’s politicians to stop what he called the daily
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