Bulgaria’s state energy holding to replace CEO
Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry said on February 9 that it would ask the board of directors at the Bulgarian Energy Holding
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Five Bulgarian Border Police face charges over bribes to assist people-traffickers
A group of five Bulgarian Border Police staff have been arrested in a special operation over allegations they accepted bribes
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Former leader of Bulgaria’s MRF Mestan announces name of new ‘liberal’ party
Lyutvi Mestan, the ousted former leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, said on February 9 he was founding
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EU Commissioner Georgieva drops out of unofficial race to be Bulgaria’s nominee for UN chief
Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva, European Commission vice-president for the EU budget and human resources, appears to have dropped out of the
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Bulgarian TV showman presents petition to Parliament calling for referendum on reforms
A petition purported to have more than 670 000 signatures calling for a national referendum on six questions related to
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Plovdiv closes schools for rest of week to counter spread of flu
Plovdiv mayor Ivan Totev has announced that schools in Bulgaria’s second-largest city will be closed from February 9 2016 until
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Long queues of lorries as Greek farmers again blockade Bulgarian border checkpoint
A 12km queue of lorries formed at the Kulata-Promachonas checkpoint at the border between Bulgaria and Greece on February 8
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Romanian skier dies in accident at Bulgaria’s Bansko resort
A Romanian died in an accident in the ski zone above the Bulgarian winter mountain resort of Bansko on February
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Bulgarian police find bodies of two migrants frozen to death near border
Bulgarian police found the bodies of two women migrants frozen to death near the Malko Turnovo border crossing with Turkey
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