Swiss Federal Council gives green light to lifting air border controls with Bulgaria and Romania
Checks at Swiss airports for people travelling to and from Bulgaria and Romania will be abolished, Switzerland’s Federal Council decided
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Bulgaria’s Vitosha to offer night skiing from January 26
This season’s night skiing on Bulgaria’s Vitosha mountain, on the outskirts of capital city Sofia, is to begin on January
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Number of districts in Bulgaria subject to flu epidemic declarations rises to seven
Seven of Bulgaria’s 28 districts are now subject to influenza epidemic declarations. The latest addition is Sofia district (as distinct
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Bulgaria’s Pleven, Varna and Bourgas districts declare influenza epidemics
Bulgaria’s districts of Pleven and Varna have issued a declaration of a flu epidemic, with anti-epidemic measures to be in
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Bulgarian President Radev challenges appointment of Constitutional Court judges
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on January 23 that he asked the country’s Constitutional Court to rule on whether the
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Bulgaria to participate in Nato’s Steadfast Defender exercise, largest in decades
Bulgaria is to participate in Nato’s Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024, the Alliance’s largest in decades, with about 90 000 forces
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WCC-DB MPs table bill to transfer Russian holiday complex to Bulgarian state ownership
Two MPs for the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria parliamentary group have drafted legislation that, if approved, would see the
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Bulgaria nominates Kuneva as its candidate Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Bulgaria is nominating Meglena Kuneva, the country’s first European Commissioner and who formerly has held Cabinet posts, as its candidate
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Bulgaria’s districts of Plovdiv and Gabrovo declare influenza epidemics
An influenza epidemic declaration is to be in effect in Bulgaria’s districts of Plovdiv and Gabrovo from January 22 to
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