‘Absurd obstacles’ stop refugee children attending Bulgarian schools – report
More than 400 refugee children will not be attending school in Bulgaria because of absurd regulations, including requirements such as
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Bulgarian cabinet’s security council adopts revised ‘Vision 2020’ ahead of Nato summit
The Bulgarian caretaker Cabinet’s security council on September 1 adopted a revised version of the “Vision 2020” document that earlier
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Bulgaria grapples with rewrite of controversial paper after row over ‘Russia threat’
The Bulgarian cabinet’s security council was meeting on September 1 to consider a new version of a document on a
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Bulgaria starts taking in applications for Russian embargo losses
Bulgaria started accepting applications on September 1 from farmers affected by the Russian import ban on foodstuffs from EU member
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Bulgarians, Romanians join in protest at Danube Bridge 2 against tyre processing plant
Bulgarians and Romanians joined in an August 31 protest against a tyre processing plant that they allege will be harmful
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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv has longest pedestrian zone in Europe – mayor
Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv now boasts the longest pedestrian zone in Europe, beating previous record-holder Copenhagen, according to mayor Ivan
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Bulgaria utilities regulator chief agrees to resign – ministry
Bulgaria’s Economy Ministry said on August 28 that the head of the country’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC),
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Peevski set to return to Bulgarian Parliament as major parties finalise candidates
Delyan Peevski, the controversial figure whose abortive appointment as State Agency for National Security chief in 2013 sparked public protests
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Pesticides in feed blamed in deaths of animals at Sofia Zoo
Pesticides in grain and bran have been found to have been the cause of the deaths of a number of
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