Bulgarian minority party ABC to vote on leaving coalition government
The national council of minority socialist party ABC said on May 10 2016 that it was recommending that the party
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Honorary consuls in Bulgaria challenge loss of diplomatic privileges in court
Nine honorary consuls have filed a complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) challenging the regulatory changes that stripped them
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Bulgaria foreign trade gap shrinks in Q1 2016
Bulgaria’s foreign trade gap in the first quarter of this year stood at 892.8 million leva, or 456.5 million euro, shrinking from
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Bulgarian consumer confidence improves in April – poll
Bulgaria’s consumer confidence indicator was 1.8 percentage points higher in April than in January, National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on
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Bulgarian nationalists propose burqa ban in Sofia
A Bulgarian nationalist group in Sofia municipal council has tabled a proposal to ban the wearing of the burqa in
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Bulgaria’s election law drama continues after presidential veto
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on May 8 that he believed that President Rossen Plevneliev was correct to veto
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Opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party elects first woman leader
The Bulgarian Socialist Party elected MP Kornelia Ninova its leader on May 8 2016, ousting incumbent Mihail Mikov. Ninova, a
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Strike strands Bulgarian tourists on Greek islands
Crisis staffs have been set up at Bulgaria’s embassy in Athens and the consulate in Thessaloniki because a general strike
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Fergus McAuliffe: Serving science at the table
He imagines an evening, an ordinary family at the dinner table, and the conversation is about science – about the
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