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Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has welcomed the June 27 agreement among political parties on holding early elections on October 5
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Bulgaria will hold early parliamentary elections on October 5 2014, Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said on June 27.
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In a vote of 171 in favour, three against and with five abstentions, Bulgaria’s National Assembly agreed on June 27
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A resident of the Black Sea city of Varna won the 5.03 million leva (about 2.57 million euro) jackpot in
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On the eve of the latest day on which political consultations about early elections are meant to start, Bulgaria’s National
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In parallel with the saga of deciding a date for Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections is that of “formulating clear principles
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A 13th body had been found in Varna’s Asparouhovo area, hit a week ago by devastating floods, Interior Ministry officials
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The Obama administration says it is ready to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, if Moscow fails to take action to
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Life in the Asparouhovo area in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna is slowly returning to normal, but the city has
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