US praise for Bulgarian efforts against corruption
Visiting Sofia, United States Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken has praised what he described as the successful efforts that
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President Plevneliev vetoes electoral law on Bulgarians voting abroad
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has vetoed amendments to the Electoral Code that cut back the voting rights of Bulgarians abroad.
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Bulgaria holds large military parade to mark Armed Forces Day
More than 1300 Bulgarian military personnel, aircraft and armoured vehicles were involved in the country’s largest military parade in several
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Cruise ship visits to Bulgaria drop after Turkey terrorist attacks
In spite of optimistic forecasts earlier in 2016 that cancellations of cruise ship visits to Turkey because of terrorist attacks
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Bulgaria’s ruling parties to hold more talks on election law changes
Representatives of organisations of Bulgarians abroad emerged from May 5 talks with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov saying that they had
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More rain forecast for Bulgaria over long weekend
Bulgaria heads into a second long weekend in a row with a weather forecast that predicts more clouds and the
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Yom HaShoah marked, as Bulgaria remembers Jews murdered and Jews saved
Bulgaria’s Jewish community joined in marking Yom HaShoah 2016, commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, while also
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Fireworks over fireworks at Sofia cathedral at Orthodox Easter
Archimandrite Dionisii, dean of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia, is no stranger to controversy. A
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Police, protesters hurt in clash in Bulgaria’s Radnevo amid ethnic tension
Three police and six protesters were injured in confrontations in the southern Bulgarian town of Radnevo as more than 2000
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