Bulgaria is willing to accept 500 new refugees, cabinet ministers say
Bulgaria is confirming its readiness to accept 500 newly-arrived refugees, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said on
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Two Bulgarian Border Police arrested over bribe from people-trafficker
Two Bulgarian Border Police who were on duty at the Kalotina border checkpoint in western Bulgaria at the Serbian frontier
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EU ambassadors criticise Bulgarian MPs’ rejection of anti-corruption bill
A group of ambassadors from EU countries said in a letter that Bulgarian Parliament’s decision to reject a draft anti-corruption
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Bulgarian President calls for unity in solving refugee crisis in Europe
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called for united efforts to address the refugee crisis in Europe. Plevneliev was speaking in
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Podcast: Bulgaria’s mayoral election battle, and other news
Like other European countries, Bulgaria is grappling with how to deal with the flow of migrants heading from the Middle
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Controversy over Kyrgyzstan bid to extradite US/Canadian businessman from Bulgaria
An online petition is gathering signatures against a bid by Kyrgyzstan to extradite from Bulgaria a US/Canadian businessman and retired
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Bulgarian railways brings back dining cars on Sofia – Varna line
Bulgarian State Railways, BDZ, said that from September 7, it would bring back “bistro” dining cars on fast trains between
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Bulgarian archaeologists find nearly 3000 coins in clay pot at Sofia dig
Archaeologists excavating under the Sveta Nedelya square in the centre of Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia found a treasure trove
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Archaeology: Fifth-century early Christian crypt found near Bulgaria’s Zaldapa Fortress
An early Christian crypt, among the largest in the Balkans, has been discovered by archaeologists near the Zaldapa Fortress close
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