Bulgarian road carriers threaten Friday blockade of Sofia exits
Bulgaria’s National Association of Road Carriers says it will blockade road exits from Sofia on the afternoon of August 1,
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Bulgarian Parliament approves Budget revision, extra funding for healthcare
Bulgarian MPs passed at first reading on July 29 the revision of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) budget, approving
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Anti-Semitic incidents, vandalism of mosques persist in Bulgaria – US state department report
Religious groups in Bulgaria complained that the government had failed to consistently enforce protection of religious freedoms, while abuses such as
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Interior Ministry, Dossier Commission reject Barekov allegations against Borissov
Bulgarian populist politician Nikolai Barekov, amid the crumbling of his Bulgaria Without Censorship party, sought to claw back the initiative
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One dead, one missing after new floods hit Bulgaria
One person died and another was missing after flash floods caused by heavy rain in the district of Gabrovo in
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President, other parties congratulate Mikov on election as BSP leader
President Rossen Plevneliev, as well as the leaders of Bulgaria’s largest parties, have congratulated Mihail Mikov on his election as
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Bulgarian parties grandstand on pre-election coalitions
As might be expected, most Bulgarian political parties will go it alone in their campaigns ahead of the country’s October
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Bulgarian Socialist Party’s new leader Mikov: ‘The difficulty starts today’
Mihail Mikov, newly-elected leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, said that the difficulty was not in the leadership race but
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Bulgarian Socialist Party elects Mihail Mikov as new leader
At a special congress on July 27, the Bulgarian Socialist Party elected Mihail Mikov as its new leader, to succeed
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