Bulgaria’s Patriotic Front and Reformist Bloc in deal to continue support for government
Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front (PF) will not proceed with its threats to withdraw its support for Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s
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European Asylum Support Office extends support plan for Bulgaria
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and Bulgaria signed on December 5 2014 a “special support plan” which provides for
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Bulgarian far-right leader Siderov quits post as deputy head of Parliament’s foreign policy committee
Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader Volen Siderov has resigned as deputy head of the National Assembly’s foreign policy committee, a
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Rescue operations after floods in south-eastern Bulgaria
Firefighters and rescue teams have carried out more than 200 rescue operations in south-eastern Bulgaria in the past day, the
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Juncker: Bulgaria ready to join Schengen
Bulgaria is ready to join the European Union’s Schengen visa zone, and Europeans should be aware of the country’s level
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Bulgarian culture ministry officials, public broadcasters’ chiefs boycott Binev committee
Officials from Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture said on December 4 that they would not attend a meeting of the parliamentary
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Minority parties’ support for Bulgarian coalition cabinet in question
Bulgarian socialist breakaway minority party ABC could withdraw its support from Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right coalition cabinet if a
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Bulgaria’s Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint closed because of flooding
The Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey was closed on the morning of December 4 because
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Bulgarian court approves request to suspend central bank deputy governor
Sofia City Court approved on December 3 the prosecutor’s office request to suspend Tsvetan Gounev, the deputy governor of the
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