Bulgaria’s SJC suspends judge at centre of eavesdropping row
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) decided on February 19 to suspend Vladimira Yaneva, head of the Sofia City Court, for
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Bulgarian Parliament postpones vote on 8BN euro borrowing as talks continue
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on February 19 to postpone until next week debate and voting on the
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Plovdiv traffic police fine ambulances for speeding
Traffic police in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have issued speeding fines to 10 ambulances transporting patients in critical condition in
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Day of high political drama as Bulgarian PM threatens resignation if 8BN euro debt vote fails
Voting by Bulgaria’s Parliament on ratification of the country incurring new external debt of eight billion euro over the next
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Protest to be held in Sofia against ‘Kremlin’s aggressive information campaign in Bulgaria’
A protest is to be held in Sofia on February 21 2015 calling for the “termination of the Kremlin’s information
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Bulgarian government provides more firewood for border police facing winter migrant crossings
Bulgaria’s cabinet agreed on February 18 to provide additional firewood to police on duty at border areas where there are
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Commission on Bansko ski zone delays findings by 10 days
The interdepartmental commission investigating the ski zone in Bansko, where there is continuing controversy about plans for expanded ski facilities
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Bulgaria to change law to make indoor smoking ban more effective – Health Minister
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry has no intention of easing the ban on smoking indoors in public places, nor of widening anti-smoking
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What’s On: Bulgarian Archaeology 2014 exhibition in Sofia until March 29 2015
The eighth national exhibition in the annual series displaying new finds, Bulgarian Archaeology 2014, is on at the National Institute
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