Bulgarian Constitutional Court rejects MPs’ query on judicial reform
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on September 17 to reject as inadmissible the query made by a group of 144 MPs
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Bulgaria removes statute of limitations for crimes by communist regime
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on September 17 2015 to remove the statute of limitations for the prosecution
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Migrant quotas: Bulgaria wants ‘balance’, mainly families, mainly from Syria
Bulgaria has told the European Commission that in the system for reallocating refugees, the country would prefer to have a
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Migrant crisis: Bulgaria to send 1000 military personnel to Turkish border
More than 1000 Bulgarian military personnel will be deployed at the Turkish border in the coming days to help Bulgaria’s
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Bulgaria rejects claims that thousands of migrants are headed to its border
Claims that tens of thousands of migrants are headed towards the Bulgaria border are not true, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov
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Sofia History Museum opens on September 17 2015
The Sofia History Museum has its long-awaited official opening on September 17 2015, with its halls showing exhibits from different
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Police chiefs of two Bulgarian towns arrested
The chiefs of police of the Bulgarian towns of Assenovgrad and Purvomai were arrested on September 16 and face possible
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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry: Identities of refugees carefully checked
The identities of refugees entering and leaving Bulgaria are examined very carefully, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said on September 16.
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White House nominates Eric Rubin as new US ambassador to Bulgaria
The White House has announced that president Barack Obama has nominated Eric Seth Rubin as the new US ambassador to
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