Tributes pour in for Bulgaria’s late president Zhelev
Members of Parliament held a minute of silence on January 30 after the announcement of the death at the age
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Bulgaria’s first democratically-elected president, Zhelyu Zhelev, dies
Zhelyu Zhelev, the first democratically-elected president of Bulgaria after communism ended in the country, has died at the age of
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Bulgaria to reimpose curfew in all refugee shelters
Bulgaria will reintroduce a curfew at all refugee shelters in the country within a few days, State Agency for Refugees
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When Bulgaria turned red: Remembering the thousands killed by the communists
February 1 2015 will see Bulgaria’s annual commemoration of the victims of communism, moments of remembrance first decreed by the
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Bulgaria’s SJC elects Lozan Panov as high court chief
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) elected Lozan Panov as the new head of the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) on
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Court acquits former Bulgaria interior minister on eavesdropping charges
Sofia City Court ruled on January 29 to find Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who was interior minister in Boiko Borissov’s first government
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Bulgaria central banker nominates new bank supervision chief
Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor Ivan Iskrov nominated Dimitar Kostov, currently deputy governor in charge of the BNB banking department,
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Most Bulgarians want current government to serve full term in office – poll
Bulgarians may hardly be gushing with affection for Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s current government but at least more than 60
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German and Bulgarian police arrest alleged people smugglers
German, Bulgarian and Dutch law enforcement authorities have arrested five alleged members of a pan-European criminal network dealing in illegal
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