Members of religious minority seeking asylum pushed back at Turkish-Bulgarian border
More than 100 members of a religious minority, the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, who tried to cross into
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European court: Bulgaria provided inadequate protection for 15-year-old domestic violence victim
In a judgment on May 23, the European Court of Human Rights found against Bulgaria, saying that it had failed
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WCC-DB’s Petkov: This format is not a coalition with GERB
We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria’s Kiril Petkov said on May 23 that the proposed government format – which involves a
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Bulgaria appears a step closer to an elected government
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on May 22 that he would “within the next few days” hand over the second
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GERB-UDF, We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria announce deal on government
We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria candidate Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and his GERB-UDF counterpart Maria Gabriel announced on May 22
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Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria in 2020 – 2022 was 1.7 years less than in 2019 -2021
Life expectancy at birth of the population of Bulgaria, calculated for the period 2020 – 2022, was 71.9 years, a
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Condemnation for pro-Russians’ vandalism of EU building in Bulgaria’s capital
The European Commission has condemned the vandalism of the House of Europe in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, after participants in
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 16 deaths, 752 new cases
The deaths of 16 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing
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Participants in pro-Russian ‘peace march’ throw red paint at EU building in Bulgaria’s capital
Participants in a so-called “March for Peace” backed by pro-Russian political parties hurled red paint at the European Parliament and
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