ECHR: Bulgarian insolvent bank CCB was denied right to fair trial
The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), which collapsed and had its
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Foreign Ministry slams Albanian PM Rama over ‘anti-Bulgarian’ statements
The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has hit out at Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama over what it called his “new,
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Islamabad’s embassy in Bulgaria appeals for aid after floods in Pakistan
Pakistan’s embassy in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia has posted a list of urgently-needed items following the torrential monsoon rains which since
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Transport Ministry: Bulgarian state railways in ‘extremely worrying’ condition
Bulgaria’s caretaker government has portrayed the country’s state railways BDZ passenger and goods transport divisions as in “extremely worrying” condition
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 44 deaths, 6110 new cases
The deaths of 44 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing
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Bulgaria’s caretaker government adds to spending on October elections
At a regular meeting on August 26, Bulgaria’s caretaker government added a further 460 000 leva (about 235 000 euro)
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Ukrainian refugees expected to move to Bulgaria’s interior as hotel scheme nears end
It is expected that Ukrainian refugees currently accommodated in hotels at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast will begin to move inland
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Bulgaria does not back full ban on EU visas for Russians
Bulgaria supports a proposal by the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU to suspend the agreement to facilitate
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Bulgaria in line for further 460M euro under EU’s SURE instrument
The European Commission said on August 25 that it has proposed for Bulgaria to be allocated a further 460 million
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