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There has been a significant improvement in disinfection measures at border crossings with Romania to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever into Bulgaria, Agriculture Minister Rouman Porozhanov said on […]
Tensions flared in Romania this week after a politician from the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) posted a video on social media comparing the country’s president to Adolf Hitler. The […]
Construction of a 133km fence at the land border with Romania, to prevent African swine fever entering Bulgaria, has been completed, according to deputy agriculture minister Yanko Ivanov. “Bruno” wire […]
Children younger than a year should not be taken to Greece, Romania or Serbia, given the increased incidence of measles, according to Bulgaria’s national consultant on microbiology Professor Todor Kantardzhiev. […]
A business forum in which Bulgarian and Romanian companies will participate is to be held in Bulgaria in autumn 2018, the Economy Ministry in Sofia said on August 22. The […]
A crowd of up to 100,000 gathered before the seat of Romanian government in Bucharest on Friday to protest government corruption and demand early elections. Many of the protesters were […]
Eighty-one kilometres of a wire fence being erected by Bulgaria at the Romanian border as a measure against African swine fever have been completed, the Agriculture Ministry in Sofia said […]
In Romania police are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti at Auschwitz survivor and Nobel laureate, Elie Wiesel’s (who died in 2016) childhood home in order to find out who sprayed it. One […]
Clearing of land to enable the building of a fence at the Romanian border has begun, to prevent the movement of wild boar into Bulgaria as a measure against African […]
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has announced plans to launch news services in Bulgaria and Romania in a bid to strengthen the media landscape in both countries, the company said […]
