Bulgaria, Italy to deepen co-operation to cope with rising illegal migration
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi have agreed to deepen co-operation to tackle migratory pressure.
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Bulgaria calls in Russian envoy to demand explanation of Lavrov comments on Macedonia
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian embassy’s charge d’affaires, wanting an explanation for Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks implying
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Bulgaria’s defence minister: Proposal on jet fighter acquisition to be put to cabinet by June 30
A proposal on the acquisition of 16 new Western-made jet fighters, to cost an estimated close to 1.5 billion leva,
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Bulgaria, Romania have ‘no information’ on current and former officials denied US visas
Statements to the US congress by a top state department official that current and former government figures from Bulgaria and
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Controversies hit local government in Bulgaria six months ahead of elections
Six months ahead of mayoral and municipal elections in Bulgaria, a series of scandals has begun at local government level,
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Bulgarian socialists abandon bid to challenge government’s 8B euro debt plan
Bulgaria’s largest parliamentary opposition party, the socialists, said on May 21 that they would not challenge the government’s three-year eight-billion
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Archaeology: Bulgarian dig at motorway construction site finds Roman villa from time of Constantine the Great
Bulgarian archaeologists working at a site near the village of Mursalevo along the route of the construction of the Struma
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World Bank team: Bulgaria could turn the tide to faster, sustainable growth
A World Bank team held talks with Bulgarian cabinet ministers on May 20 on how the international financial institution can
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Bulgaria’s security agency, police detain 150 illegal immigrants in Sofia
Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security (SANS), working with police and the Migration Directorate, detained more than 150 illegal immigrants,
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