EC unfreezes 144M euro in EU funds for Bulgaria
The European Commission will resume payments under Bulgaria’s operational programme for regional development, which were suspended earlier “to ensure the
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Bulgarian President resumes campaign for referendum on electoral system
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is to send Parliament a request for the holding of a referendum on the country’s electoral
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Finance Minister’s ‘mistake’ is not explaining borrowing plan opened way for demagoguery – Reformist Bloc MP
Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov made a mistake by not holding a news conference or meeting all parliamentary groups to explain
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Bulgarian PM promises pensioners Easter bonuses
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose centre-right coalition cabinet is caught up in a controversy over a plan for eight
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Bulgarian FinMin ‘optimistic’ Parliament will approve 8BN euro borrowing plan
Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said on February 20 that he was optimistic that parliamentary approval would be won for
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Businesses outraged by Bulgarian land law changes that will penalise foreign ownership, hit dozens of public companies
Six Bulgarian business associations and Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia Ltd have spoken out publicly against recent changes to the
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Bulgarian prosecutors drop attempted murder charges against man who assaulted Ahmed Dogan
Prosecutors were dropping attempted murder charges against Oktai Enimehmedov, the man seen pointing a gas pistol at the head of
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Man seriously injured in fire at Varna mosque
A 90-year-old caretaker was reported to be in critical condition in hospital after a fire at a mosque in Bulgaria’s
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Bulgaria to restore monument at Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria
Bulgaria is making preparations to restore a monument by the country’s renowned sculptor Lyubomir Dalchev at the Mauthausen concentration camp
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