Bulgarian president criticises government’s claims of ‘balanced position’ on Ukraine
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has condemned the March 16 referendum in Crimea on accession to Russia as illegitimate – and
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Mayor, three deputy mayors of Bulgaria’s Teteven arrested
The mayor of the central Bulgarian town of Teteven and his three deputies were arrested on March 17 by officers
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Bulgaria second-bottom in EU in seeing judiciary as independent
Bulgaria ranked second from bottom in a survey in European Union countries of perceptions of judicial independence. This was the
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Unemployment in Bulgaria climbed to close to 13% in 2013 – statistics institute
Unemployment in Bulgaria in 2013 rose by 0.6 percentage points from the previous year to 12.9 per cent, according to
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Recriminations continue over fatal shootout in Bulgarian town
The March 14 shootout in a Bulgarian town between an allegedly mental ill man and a police team in which
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Bulgaria still tardy in granting refugee status
Living conditions in refugee camps in Bulgaria are improving and more accommodation is on the way, but the process of
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Bulgarian state lottery jackpot set to hit 5.2 million leva
An estimated 5.24 million leva (about 2.68 million euro) are expected to be up for grabs in one of the
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Of Plovdiv football fans and the politics of a bus
It was one thing that fans of a Plovdiv football club had to make the trek to Sofia to watch
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Rousse elects two shortlisted candidates to be new Metropolitan
Two Bulgarian Orthodox Church bishops were shortlisted on March 16 2014 as candidates to be the next Metropolitan of Rousse:
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