Bulgaria opposes federalisation of Macedonia, PM says after Zaev meeting
Bulgaria opposes the federalisation of Macedonia, wants to see that country’s political crisis resolved democratically, and backs its accession to
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Bulgaria backs idea of EU sending special envoy to Macedonia
Bulgaria supports the idea of the European Union sending a special envoy to Macedonia to resolve the political crisis in
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Sofia taxi company owner in TV shouting match after drivers overcharged foreigners
An expose by a Bulgarian television show about taxi drivers hugely overcharging foreigners led to a bust-up on breakfast television
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Bulgarian MPs tighten restrictions to prevent convicts from fleeing
Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading amendments to the Penal Procedure Code meant to impose tighter restrictions on criminal case
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Bulgarian President calls for action against politicians using hate speech
State institutions and prosecutors should be completely free to take action against politicians who use hate speech, Bulgarian President Rossen
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EC proposes transferring 788 refugees from Greece and Italy to Bulgaria
The system for quotas for transferring migrants proposed by the European Commission (EC) envisages moving a total of 788 refugees
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Bulgaria’s ‘Square 500’ national gallery opens on May 28
Square 500, the gallery complex in Sofia commonly known in recent years as the “Bulgarian Louvre”, is to officially open
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The sugar-sprinkler, and other strange tales of Bulgaria’s mayors
In Bulgaria, the mayor’s chair sometimes is not easy to occupy – especially, for instance, if it has been seized
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Bulgarian Defence Minister orders handover of communist Military Intelligence archives to Dossier Commission
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev signed an order on May 27 to deliver the archives of communist-era Military Intelligence to
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