Five of eight Bulgarian parties sign declaration against use of internet trolls
Five out of eight of Bulgaria’s political parties with seats in Parliament signed a declaration on May 20 2015 pledging not
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Bulgarian cabinet moves on pension reform
Bulgaria’s cabinet approved on May 20 changes to the Social Security Code, introducing short-term and long-term measures which the government
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Bulgarian MRF leader takes court action against fine for electioneering in Turkish mother tongue
Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, has lodged court action against the 2000 leva (about 1000
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Bulgaria’s former caretaker interior minister appointed to head Military Intelligence
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev told reporters on May 19 that he was appointing Yordan Bakalov, who was interior minister
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New British ambassador Hopkins presents credentials to Bulgarian President on May 19
Emma Hopkins, the UK ambassador to Bulgaria, presented her credentials to Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev on May 19 2015. A
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EU ministers approve Plovdiv as European Capital of Culture 2019
In what was largely a formality, European Union culture ministers approved on May 19 the naming of Plovdiv as European
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Archaeology: Bulgarian dig finds 8000-year-old ‘double-storey’ houses
Bulgarian archaeologists say that they have found 60 houses from a Neolithic settlement, estimated to date back 8000 years, that
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Probe continues into ‘explosive device’ on Bulgarian bus in Budapest
Investigations are continuing into the case of a Bulgarian bus that was en route from Prague to Varna and on
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Poland’s incumbent president Komorowski regains narrow lead over rival Duda – poll
The early take in the media analysis of the first debate between Poland’s incumbent president Bronislaw Komorowski and his rival Andrzej Duda,
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