TV investigation finds illegal Koranic boarding schools in Bulgaria
Free-of-charge education in the Koran is being offered at unregistered Muslim boarding schools in Bulgaria, according to a hidden-camera investigation
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Bulgarian political parties embark on campaign trail for October elections
From the massive to the muted, the campaigns of Bulgaria’s political parties are getting underway ahead of the country’s ahead-of-term
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New fundraising appeal after floods in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Red Cross has started a new fundraising appeal to help people hit by floods that swept part of
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Three dead in floods in Bulgaria’s Bourgas district
Three people have drowned in floods in the Bourgas region on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, the Interior Ministry and local
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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv named as European Capital of Culture 2019
Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has been named as European Capital of Culture 2019. The announcement was made at a special
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Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019: Photo Gallery
Photographs of scenes from Plovdiv, named on September 5 2014 as an international jury’s recommendation for European Capital of Culture
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EC rules Bulgaria’s controversial land swops as incompatible state aid
The European Commission has ordered Bulgarian authorities to recover incompatible state aid from companies that benefitted from controversial land swops
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Emergency declared in north-western Bulgaria after new floods
Two municipalities in the Montana district, in north-western Bulgaria, declared a state of emergency on September 5 after flooding caused
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Official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s October 5 parliamentary elections begins
September 5 sees the start of the official campaign period in the run-up to Bulgaria’s ahead-of-term national parliamentary elections on
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