Bulgaria, Romania fail to win EU backing for more compensation for dairy farmers hit by Russian embargo
Bulgaria and Romania have failed to win compensation for dairy farmers negatively affected by a Russian ban on imports of
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Bulgaria will host Junior Eurovision 2015 – official
Bulgaria will be the host of the Junior Eurovision 2015 song contest, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) director-general Vyara Ankova said
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Flu epidemic declared in Bulgaria’s Varna
An influenza epidemic has been declared in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna, and schools will be closed from
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Facing downturn in Russian and Ukrainian tourists, Bulgaria plans to boost domestic tourism
With unofficial estimates projecting a halving of the number of Russian and Ukrainian tourists to visit Bulgaria this year, the
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Bulgarian state railways plans purchase of high-speed trains for 210 million leva
Bulgarian state railways BDZ plans to launch a tender for a contract to buy new trains capable of reaching speeds
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Brother of Bulgarian football star Berbatov handed suspended sentence on drug charges
Assen Berbatov, the younger brother of former Manchester United striker Dimitar, was handed a suspended sentence of 14 months in
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Deputy Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament dies
Rositsa Yanakieva, one of the deputy speakers of Bulgaria’s Parliament, has died at the age of 60. Yanakieva was a
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Bulgarian government intervenes over double electricity bills in Varna area
Bulgaria’s energy ministry and electricity distribution company Energo-Pro have agreed that clients of the company will get extra time to
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Bulgarian President to attend Holocaust commemorations in Czech Republic and Auschwitz
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is to attend Holocaust commemorative ceremonies on January 27 in the Czech capital Prague and at
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