European Commission approves 170M leva in state aid for Bulgarian farmers
The European Commission said on March 25 that it has approved 170 million leva, or about 86.9 million euro, in
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Eurostat: Three regions in Bulgaria had highest death rate in EU in 2021
The three regions in the European Union with the highest standardised death rate in 2021 were all in Bulgaria, EU
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Outgoing PM in televised appeal to GERB-UDF
A few hours after Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF announced that it was “all over” for negotiations on a new government, outgoing
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Bulgaria: GERB-UDF’s Maria Gabriel says she will withdraw candidacy to be Prime Minister
GERB-UDF’s Prime Minister-designate Maria Gabrield told a news conference on the afternoon on March 24 that she would on Monday
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Bulgarian military personnel, equipment to be on the move to take part in KFOR
In the last week of March and the beginning of April 2024, Bulgarian military personnel and military equipment will be
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Nathaniel Copsey to be new UK ambassador to Bulgaria
Nathaniel Copsey has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Bulgaria in succession to Dr Rob Dixon, ambassador since September 2020,
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Eurostat: Close to two-thirds of births in Bulgaria in 2022 were extramarital
Close to two-thirds of births in Bulgaria in 2022 were outside marriage, according to new data posted by European Union
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 84 samples – NCIPD
Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said that it has completed the sequencing of the latest group
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Bulgaria: Stalemate over resumption of talks on a government continues
GERB-UDF and We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria are communicating with each about conditions for the resumption of talks on a
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