Bulgaria proposes law to bar sexual offenders against children from holding some public offices, jobs
Bulgaria’s cabinet has approved proposed changes to the Penal Code that will enable courts to bar those convicted of sexual
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Bulgarian Parliament fails to pass declaration on South Stream cancellation
Bulgaria’s lawmakers failed to adopt a declaration of support for the South Stream gas pipeline, with familiar dividing lines re-emerging
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Bulgaria still lags behind EU average life expectancy
Life expectancy in Bulgaria at birth in 2012 was 74.4 years, below the European Union average, according to the Health
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Bulgaria improves slightly in Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index
Bulgarians see a slight improvement against corruption in the public sector in the past year, going by Transparency International’s annual
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Binev refuses to step down as head of Parliament’s committee on culture and the media
Patriotic Front MP Slavi Binev, the subject of a barrage of complaints and protests about his election as head of
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Price of Bulgarian 2015 vignette road stickers unchanged
The price of vignette stickers, mandatory for motor vehicles travelling on roads outside urban areas in Bulgaria, will remain unchanged
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European, US law enforcement seize 292 internet domain names for selling counterfeit products
Europol and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), together with 25 law enforcement agencies from 19
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Immediate end to military action in Ukraine needed, Bulgaria tells Russia
A key condition to normalising the situation in Ukraine is an immediate end to all military action on Ukrainian territory,
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Bulgarian capital Sofia joins UNESCO ‘Creative Cities Network’
Bulgarian capital city Sofia has been named as a member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, for its film industry. Launched
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