Bulgarian parliamentary committee on Russian, Turkish interference in politics shuts down
Bulgarian MPs voted to shut down the ad hoc parliamentary committee set up to examine allegations of interference by Turkey
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Sofia City Court sentences Ataka leader Siderov to 100 hours community service for hooliganism
Sofia City Court sentenced Ataka party leader Volen Siderov on March 23 2016 to 100 hours community service after he
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Italian appeals court sentences Bulgarian drug trafficker in retrial
An appeals court in Milan has ruled to uphold the 20-year sentence against Evelin “Brendo” Banev following a retrial, Bulgarian
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Sofia Airport cancels two Belgium flights
Sofia Airport said on March 23 that the two flights linking Sofia and Brussels scheduled for the day had been
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Interior Ministry chief: No specific threat to Bulgaria
Bulgaria reacted to information about the March 22 terrorist attack in Brussels by immediately taking several actions, including stepping up
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Anti-terrorism exercise scheduled for Sofia on March 22
An anti-terrorism exercise, involving the Sofia metro railway and police closing down streets in the centre of the city, is
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Two Sofia – Brussels flights cancelled after terrorist attack at Zaventem Airport
Two flights linking Sofia and Brussels that had been scheduled for March 22 2016 had been cancelled, Sofia Airport said
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Speaker of Parliament: Brussels attacks not unexpected
The deadly bomb attacks in Brussels on March 22 obviously were retaliations by terrorists, said the Speaker of Bulgaria’s National
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Bulgarian PM Borissov: ‘Europeans need to show world terrorism will not destroy our civilisation’
Today more than ever, all Europeans need to show the world that they will not let terrorism destroy our civilisation,
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