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Too few eligible voters in Romania turned out for a two-day referendum that sought to prevent same-sex marriages by changing the country’s constitution, election officials said on October 7. The […]
A two-day referendum in Romania on changing the constitutional definition of marriage to narrow it to “the consensual marriage between a man and a woman” appeared unlikely on October 7 […]
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 […]
