Tsar Samuil: Target for vandals, drawcard for tourists, now has Twitter account
In central Sofia, it is not only the glow-in-the-dark eyes of the statue of Tsar Samuil that illuminate the night
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Protesting police put up tent, bivouac outside Bulgaria’s Parliament
Bulgarian police protesting against changes to the retirement age and against their working conditions put up a tent and a
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Bollywood star Ajay Devgan to feature in video to promote Bulgarian tourism
Bollywood star actor, producer and director Ajay Devgan is to star in a video to promote Bulgarian tourism, to be
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Bulgaria’s Albena to invest 130M leva in upgrading resort
The Albena company is to invest more than 130 million leva (about 66.4 million euro) in upgrading the Bulgarian Black
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Food supplies to Bulgarian army to stop on June 15 as contract expires
Food supplies to the Bulgarian army are to stop on June 15 because the Ministry of Defence has not extended
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S&P affirms Bulgaria’s credit rating at BB+
Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s has said that it affirmed Bulgaria’s credit rating at BB+, one notch below investment grade, with
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Bulgarian Socialist Party’s Stanishev re-elected as Party of European Socialists leader
The Party of European Socialists congress in Budapest re-elected Sergei Stanishev as the EU-level party’s leader after rival candidate, Spain’s
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Leader of Russophile group quits Bulgarian Socialist Party over Ukraine
Russophile group leader, former MP and long-standing publisher of Bulgarian Socialist Party mouthpiece Duma newspaper Nikolai Malinov has quit the
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Sofia Airport customs officers foil attempt to smuggle out ancient coins in routers
Customs officers at Sofia Airport blocked an attempt to smuggle 82 silver coins believed to date from the time of
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