Bulgaria strongly condemns terrorist attacks at Brussels airport, metro
Bulgaria strongly condemns the March 22 terrorist attacks at Zaventem Airport in Brussels and the Belgian capital’s metro, President Rossen
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Ataka’s Siderov, Chukolov sentenced to salary deduction in plea bargain on hooliganism, assault charges
Ataka leader Volen Siderov and fellow MP Dessislav Chukolov were sentenced on March 22 2016 to deductions of 25 per
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Vatican Secretary of State holds talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church head, Chief Mufti
Visiting Sofia, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has held talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit and
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World Bank lends Bulgaria 300M euro to boost deposit guarantees fund
The World Bank has approved a 300 million euro loan to Bulgaria’s state deposit guarantee fund as part of a
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry names team for Bokova’s UN Secretary-General candidacy
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry announced on March 21 2016 the team that will work on the campaign for Irina Bokova to
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Controversial Bulgarian MP pulls out of deal to buy insolvent fertiliser plant
Delyan Peevski said on March 21 2016 that he was pulling out of the planned acquisition of an insolvent fertiliser
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Bulgaria confers highest state honour on visiting Vatican Secretary of State
Bulgaria awarded its highest state honour, the Stara Planina first class, to Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin at a ceremony
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Bulgaria Prosecutor-General asks Parliament to lift immunity of socialist MP
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has filed a formal request to Parliament, asking for the House to lift the immunity of
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Bulgarian prosecutors do not believe death of Palestinian Zayed was murder
Bulgarian prosecutors investigating the February 26 death of Omar Zayed, a Palestian fugitive who had sought refuge at the Palestinian
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