Bulgarian nationalist Patriotic Front’s mixed messages on continued support for government
Bulgarian nationalist Patriotic Front (PF) co-leader Krassimir Karakachanov said that the front continues to support the government, while the same
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Bulgaria announces new steps to cut corruption at police roadside checks
Only traffic police – and none of Bulgaria’s other varieties of police – will be allowed to carry out roadside
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Arrests in Bulgarian police operation against ‘radical Islam’ in four cities and towns
Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, police and gendamerie had by the early afternoon of November 25 arrested at least
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Sofia police planning tight security ahead of Liverpool – Ludogorets match
Police in the Bulgarian capital Sofia will be closely monitoring football fans in the city for the Liverpool – Ludogorets
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Bulgarian police, prosecutors in operation against ‘radical Islam’
More than 150 police and gendarmerie cordoned off a mainly Roma area in the Bulgarian town of Pazardzhik on November
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Bulgarians urged to ‘see refugees through new eyes’ in TV, online and poster media campaign
A 30-second television advert, launched on November 24 2014 and expected to be seen by millions of Bulgarians over the
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New website offers details of Bulgaria’s communist-era State Security agents
A new website, agentibg.com, was launched on November 24, offering searchable details of people identified as having worked for Bulgaria’s
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New European Commission to continue monitoring Bulgaria and Romania on judicial reform, fighting corruption
The new European Commission that took office at the beginning of October 2014 intends keeping in place its mechanism of
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Construction of Plovdiv’s new zoo begins
Construction of Plovdiv’s new zoo started on November 24, a 4.5 million leva project that will quadruple the size of
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