Bokova at the UN: Fog over Turtle Bay
Perish the thought that as an institution, the United Nations has a dire shortage of platitudes, buzzwords and vague good
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Turkey, Bulgaria pledge co-operation on migration, fighting organised crime
The migration crisis and the fight against terrorism and organised crime have topped the agenda of talks in Sofia between
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Bulgaria arrests ‘migrant hunter’
Petar “The Feathers” Nizamov, allegedly part of a vigilante group that illegally detained migrants near the Bulgarian border, has been
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Bulgarian Finance Minister promises ‘Panama Papers’ probe
Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has promised checks of the origin of the funds and tax payments by Bulgarians named
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Controversy continues over Bulgaria’s ‘migrant hunters’
Bulgaria’s Interior Minister, the leader of a nationalist party and the leader of a right-wing opposition party are among the
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Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.5% deflation in March 2016
Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.5 per cent per cent annual deflation in March 2016, while the monthly data showed
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UN begins hearings of Secretary-General candidates
The United Nations begins on April 12 2016 three days of hearings of the eight candidates so far for the
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Bulgarian prosecutors start pre-trial proceedings over ‘migrant hunters’
Prosecutors in the Bulgarian border town of Malko Turnovo have started pre-trial proceedings in connection with unlawful detention of foreign
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Refugee crisis: Bulgaria sending further 300 military to border
Bulgaria is to deploy a further 300 military personnel to its borders to control the flow of refugees, Prime Minister
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