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The chief official of the regional inspectorate of environment and water in Bourgas, Detelina Ivanova, received a telephone threat after
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Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation ruled to uphold the sentence given to Oktai Enimehmedov, the man seen pointing a gas
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The advent of spring 2015 has seen Bulgaria again caught up in controversies about construction projects in environmentally sensitive areas
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is the country’s only politician whose approval rating has risen since he and his centre-right
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Religious services were held in several churches in Bulgarian capital city Sofia on April 19 in memory of the victims
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The ski season at Bulgaria’s winter mountain resorts of Bansko and Pamporovo closed on April 19, with both reporting an
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The city council of Skopje has voted unanimously to “twin” the city with Sofia, in a move welcomed by Bulgarian
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The Sofia Metro underground railway line extension to Business Park Sofia will open on May 8, a day before the
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Repairs to stretches of two major Bulgarian motorways in critically bad condition will begin on April 20 and most repairs
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