Rocky path to unity for Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc
The Reformist Bloc, an alliance of a number of right-wing and centrist parties currently lacking parliamentary seats, appears to be
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Two candidates shortlisted in Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan election re-run
The electoral college in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Varna diocese shortlisted, in a vote on December 15 2013, two candidates
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Bulgarian anti-government protesters blockade interior minister in restaurant
A group of Bulgarian anti-government protesters blockaded Tsvetlin Yovchev, interior minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, in a central
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Amnesty slams Bulgaria in report on Syrian refugees, condemns ‘Fortress Europe’
In two of the main gateways to the European Union, Bulgaria and Greece, refugees from Syria are met with deplorable
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‘There is a campaign against Dossier Commission disclosures’
The Dossier Commission, which exposes people in Bulgaria who used to work for communist-era secret service State Security, appears to
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Four favourites in election of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan – report
Four bishops have emerged as favourites in the election of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s new Metropolitan of Varna, the first
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Bulgarian President to challenge renewable energy tariff fee at Constitutional Court
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on December 12 that he would ask the Constitutional Court to rule on whether the
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Four cities shortlisted for Bulgaria’s European Capital of Culture 2019
Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Veliko Turnovo have been shortlisted out of an initial list of eight to be named European
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Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects amendments easing full smoking ban
Bulgaria’s June 2012 full ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants and bars remains in place after Parliament
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