Bulgaria high court hands suspended sentence to former conflict of interest commission chief
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has switched the prison sentence on Filip Zlatanov, the former head of the government’s
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Bulgaria hopes to award Sofia airport concession in spring 2016 – Finance Minister
Bulgaria’s Cabinet plans to finalise the concession tender for the Sofia airport in the spring of 2016, Finance Minister Vladislav
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RPG attack on Alexei Petrov in Sofia
A grenade launcher was fired at the car transporting Alexei Petrov near his Sofia home on the morning of October
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Bulgaria elections 2015: Parties take sides in the battle for Plovdiv
In the days remaining to the run-off between GERB’s Ivan Totev and the Patriotic Front’s Slavcho Atanassov in the mayoral
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Bulgaria’s referendum results show wide support for electoral rules reform
Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced on October 28 the final results of the referendum on electoral rules, held together
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Bulgaria elections 2015: Final results of first round in 10 largest cities
These are the official results of the October 25 2015 first round of mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s 10 largest cities
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Bulgarian Parliament sets up committee on removing immunity of Ataka’s Siderov, Chukolov
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on October 28 to set up an all-party ad hoc committee to deal
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet asks Parliament to ratify deal with Poland on MiG-29s
Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a meeting on October 28, approved the intergovernmental agreement with Poland on repair and maintenance of Bulgarian
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Protests for and against Siderov as Parliament considers his fate
Groups for and against Ataka leader Volen Siderov gathered near Bulgaria’s National Assembly before its sitting opened on October 28,
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