Bulgaria issues international arrest warrant for CCB majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on August 12 that it was pressing charges against Tsvetan Vassilev, the majority shareholder of the
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Bulgaria caretaker PM Bliznashki names deputy ministers
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki appointed 16 deputy ministers on August 11, announcing also that his cabinet would not
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Bulgaria’s GERB mulls territorial reform to cut spending
Bulgarian centre-right party GERB is drafting plans for administrative-territorial reform as part of its governance programme ahead of the October
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A Super Moon over Kranevo
Moongazers in the Bulgarian Black Sea coast hamlet of Kranevo joined in the spectacle of the August 10 2014 Super
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Bulgaria elections minister nominee withdraws
Judge Krassimira Medarova, slated to become elections minister in the caretaker cabinet of Georgi Bliznashki, asked on August 10 that
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Bulgarian President appoints elections minister to caretaker cabinet
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev appointed judge Krassimira Medarova as caretaker minister in charge of the electoral process, the president’s office
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Bulgarian lottery cancels 2.5M euro jackpot payout on suspicion of fraud
Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on August 8 that it pressed charges of fraud against two individuals who sought to claim
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Archaeology: Fifth century Christian basilica found in Bulgaria’s Bourgas
Archaeologists working in the Kraimorie area of Bourgas on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast have found a Christian basilica said
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Blast at Bulgarian military plant injures 10
Ten people were injured in an explosion at the Terem munitions plant in the town of Kostenets, 60km south-east from
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