Paris-Sofia flight on June 11 cancelled over Air France pilot strike
The Air France flight from Paris to Sofia, as well as the corresponding return flight, on June 11 have been
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Greek church backdown on cremation could cut profits at Sofia crematorium
Every morning at the crematorium in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, there is a long queue of hearses with Greek registration
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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry: Security at Sunny Beach ‘good’, to be stepped up
In the wake of the shootout at Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach that left one man dead and
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Bulgarian prosecutors to press new charges against ex-CCB banker Vassilev
The investigation against former Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev found evidence of an organised crime group operating
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Hyatt Regency hotel to open in Sofia in 2018
The first Hyatt-branded hotel in Bulgaria will open in the country’s capital city of Sofia in 2018, following an agreement
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Bulgarian MPs approve 600M euro government guarantees for EBRD, World Bank loans
Bulgarian Parliament ratified on June 9 two separate bills to extend government guarantees on loan agreements signed by the state
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Bulgarian PM slams cops over Sunny Beach gangster shooting
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has sharply criticised police over their handling of the aftermath of a fatal shoot-out involving
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Serbian court rules to extradite Bulgarian ex-banker – report
A court in Serbian capital Belgrade has ruled to extradite Tsvetan Vassilev, former majority shareholder in insolvent Corporate Commercial Bank
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MP quits Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front group
Bulgarian MP Polina Karastoyanova has resigned from the nationalist Patriotic Front parliamentary group after being ousted by the group from
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