Work starts on upgrade of road to planned new Bulgaria – Serbia border checkpoint
A symbolic start has been made to work on a three million leva (about 1.5 million euro) upgrade of a
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Bulgarian government’s resignation nears as tussle over European Commissioner nomination continues
The much-anticipated resignation of Bulgaria’s cabinet is nearing, possibly to be tabled on July 23, while domestic political squabbles –
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Israeli ambassador praises Bulgaria’s professionalism in Bourgas Airport terrorist attack investigation
Israel’s ambassador in Sofia, Shaul Kamiza-Ras, has praised Bulgaria’s professionalism in the investigation into the July 2012 terrorist attack at
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Vigenin confirms his name discussed as Bulgaria’s candidate European Commissioner
Kristian Vigenin, the former MEP who holds the foreign policy portfolio in the soon-to-resign Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet, has confirmed
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Bulgarian Socialist Party in new bid for tough rules on media in 2014 early elections (updated)
Three MPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party have tabled proposed legislative amendments in the National Assembly on heavy penalties for
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Bulgarian President joins calls for ‘immediate and full’ international investigation into downing of MH17 over Ukraine
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has joined calls for an immediate and full international investigation to determine the causes and those
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Bulgaria names Lebanese-born bomber in Bourgas Airport terrorist attack against Israelis
Bulgaria has named the bearer of the bomb used in a July 18 2012 terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport that
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Germany plans to return 3000 refugees to Bulgaria – report
Authorities in Germany plan to begin to return to Bulgaria close to 3000 refugees from next week, a report in
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Two years on from the terrorist attack on Israelis at Bourgas Airport, justice is still pending
On July 18 2014, it is two years to the day since a terrorist bomb attack at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport
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