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Bulgarian state railways BDZ is to launch a regular train service at weekends and on public holidays between Plovdiv and the Turkish city of Edirne on May 24, media in […]
Turkish ambassador Hasan Ulusoy, at the centre of a controversy about his reported call to boost the teaching of Turkish in Bulgarian schools, has tol ...
Political controversy has erupted in Bulgaria over reported comments by Turkish ambassador Hasan Ulusoy calling on the state to encourage the study of ...
Bulgaria’s Transport Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov held talks on April 15 with Turkish ambassador Hasan Ulusoy to discuss the delays of hundreds of lor ...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva told Parliament on April 10 that the country’s reaction to a claim by her Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu that Ankara had intervened in the Religious […]
Bulgaria has postponed a visit by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu that had been planned for April 9, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said in […]
Bulgaria has strengthened its border patrols and is ready to implement a crisis management plan, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov told the National Assembly on April 5, amid a developing situation […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party suffered heavy losses in Sunday’s local elections, losing critical cities across the country, while the main opposition party is on course to win the […]
Almost 17 years ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power, propelled by voters keen to teach the establishment a lesson after Turkey’s economy fell apart in […]
On March 31, Turkey holds critical local elections, with control of the country’s main cities up for grabs. With inflation soaring and recession threatening, the election may pose President Recep […]
