African Swine Fever: Bulgaria sets up 20km sanitary zone around industrial pig farms
Twenty kilometre sanitary zones are being set up around all 62 registered industrial pig farms in Bulgaria, the country’s Agriculture
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Driving change: Car ownership in Bulgaria since the fall of the Wall
In 2019, Bulgaria marks 30 years since the internal communist party coup that brought down long-time dictator Todor Zhivkov on
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African Swine Fever: 1000 pigs in ‘back yards’ in Bulgaria’s Dobrich to be killed
About 1000 pigs in back yards are to be killed in the Bulgarian district of Dobrich as part of its
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Bulgaria road agency warns of e-vignette sale disruptions on July 29
The system for selling electronic road tax vignettes could be disrupted on July 29 between 5pm and 11pm, Bulgaria’s Road
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Agriculture Minister: Bulgaria ‘strictly follows’ EU rules to tackle African Swine Fever
Bulgaria is strictly following the European rules for tackling African Swine Fever, Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva said in a television
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Bulgaria’s Transport Minister orders investigation into flight delays
Transport Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov has ordered the Civil Aviation Administration to start inspections of the air carriers operating to and
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African Swine Fever: Third outbreak at industrial farm, with 30 000 pigs, in Bulgaria’s Rousse
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency confirmed on July 26 a third outbreak of African Swine Fever at an industrial farm
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African Swine Fever: Greece bans imports of pork from Bulgaria
Greece has banned imports of pork from Bulgaria, Minister of Agriculture Dessislava Taneva told the National Assembly on July 26
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Bulgarian supreme court in landmark ruling on residence rights for same-sex couples
Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has upheld the right of a same-sex couple, one an EU national and the other a
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