Bulgaria

Bulgaria ready to protect North Macedonia’s airspace

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said his country could help protect its southwestern neighbour North Macedonia’s airspace if it completes a deal for the purchase of eight F-16 aircraft from…

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Bulgarian agriculture minister resigns amid corruption investigation into possible misuse of EU development aid

Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Rumen Porozhanov has resigned from office amid a corruption investigation into the possible misuse of EU development aid. Euronews reports that senior Bulgarian officials have been found…

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On this day in 1955, the Warsaw Pact was formed

The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing and News Review – Tuesday 7th May 2019

Good morning Your morning briefing with a review of the headlines from Malta, Europe and around the world. Latest: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has rattled the Pacific island nation of…

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Slideshow: The Pope in Bulgaria

On his second day in Bulgaria, Pope Francis made an early morning visit to a refugee center, thanking children and families for their joy despite the pain of leaving their…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing and News Review – Monday 6th May 2019

Good morning, The aviation tragedy in Russia, the clashes in Tripoli, a cease fire in Gaza and US's warning to Iran dominate the world headlines. The political activities leading to…

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Pope Francis Sunday starts trip to Bulgaria and North Macedonia

Pope Francis on Sunday starts a trip to Bulgaria and North Macedonia where he will have to tread carefully because of sensitive relations with the dominant Eastern Orthodox Church in…

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Enough is Enough – ‘ApartmentGate’ home scandal proves to be too much corruption for Bulgarian people

An upmarket Sofia neighbourhood has become the focus of anti-corruption campaigners who are probing how a group of prominent Bulgarian politicians and state officials were able to purchase luxury apartments…

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Bulgaria seizes 1,500 kg of cannabis at Serbian border

Bulgarian border police seized nearly 1,500 kilograms of cannabis at a checkpoint on the Serbian border. The drugs were discovered hidden inside a truck among linoleum during a routine check…

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Slideshow: Preview of L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE, WRAPPED by Christo

Photos made available by the Center Pompidou Press Office show various sketches showing the 'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' Project for Paris, Place de l'Etoile, Charles de Gaulle by Christo. Bulgarian-born…

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Bulgarian Justice Minister resigns over real estate deal

Tsetska Tsacheva, the Bulgarian Justice Minister, resigned on Saturday following media reports that she together with three other politicians from the ruling centre-right GERB party, bought luxurious apartments…

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Turkey and Bulgaria investigating alleged visits by New Zealand mosque killer

Turkish authorities have opened an inquiry after it emerged that the man behind the Christchurch shootings made several visits to Turkey. A similar investigation has also been opened in Bulgaria.…

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Deputy Head of Bulgarian Central Bank unexpectedly resigns

The Sofia Globe reported that the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) issued an announcement announcing that Dimitar Kostov, Bulgaria's deputy central bank governor in charge of banking supervision, will offer his…

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Bulgaria’s Opposition quit Parliament

Lawmakers from Bulgaria’s opposition Socialist Party (BSP) are leaving parliament for an unspecified period, saying fair elections could not be guaranteed following recent Election Code amendments. As the Socialists control 79…

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Bulgaria’s minimum wage remains lowest in EU

Bulgaria might have increased its minimum wage in January to 286 euros per month, but it still remains the lowest miminum wage of all the 22 EU states that have…

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Plovdiv kicks off its year as European Capital of Culture

Bulgaria's southern city of Plovdiv kicked off its year as an European Capital of Culture with a lights and music show on a 30-meter high tower in the city centre…

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Bulgarian authorities arrested 20 people on suspicion of fraudulent help for non-Eu residents to get Bulgarian passports

Prosecutors say more than 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently helping non-EU residents get a Bulgarian passport. The recipients are believed to have paid up to €5,000…

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Man admits to attacking murdered Bulgarian journalist

A Bulgarian man said on Friday he attacked Viktoria Marinova, a television journalist whose murder drew international condemnation partly because it initially appeared that it could have been politically motivated.…

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Germany extradited suspect in Bulgarian journalist murder

Germany has extradited a man suspected of murdering Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova. Severin Krasimirov was arrested last week in the German town of Stade, near Hamburg. Bulgaria's interior minister said Mr…

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Hundreds attend journalist Viktoria Marinova’s funeral

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of the Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova, as authorities said a murder suspect arrested in Germany would be extradited soon. Ms Marinova left a seven-year-old daughter.…

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Bulgarian prosecutors open investigations into suspected misuse of EU funds following journalist murder

Bulgarian prosecutors have opened an investigation into the suspected misuse of European Union funds, following the brutal slaying of a television reporter who highlighted possible government corruption. The interior ministry…

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Wednesday Morning Briefing

Good morning, The heated debate in the Maltese parliament following the story on La Repubblica as part of the Daphne Project, the arrest of a suspected person in the murder of…

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Bulgarian Prime Minister expected to make announcement on slain journalist after new arrest in Germany

Update: A man has been detained in Germany in connection with Viktoria Marinova's murder, Bulgaria's top prosecutor said. He is being charged in absence with rape and murder. The man…

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Police detain suspect in connection with Bulgarian journalist killing

Update A man has been detained over the killing of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova, police say. Viktoria Marinova's body was found in a park in the northern city of Ruse, near…

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Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning, The latest revelations from the #DaphneProject dominate the headlines in Malta. The murder of the Bulgarian journalist, almost a year after Caruana Galizia's murder, also leads to focus…

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OLAF started looking into allegations being explored by murdered Bulgarian journalist last month

The EU’s anti-fraud agency last month began looking into allegations of misuse of EU funds in Bulgaria, the same issue being explored by a journalist who was killed at the…

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Bulgaria reports outbreak of swine fever (pig-flu)

Euronews reports that Bulgaria reported its first outbreak of African swine fever on Friday, with authorities saying seven backyard pigs at a farm close to the Romanian border had been…

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Saturday Morning Briefing

Good morning, The following briefing brings you the latest news from Malta, 13 countries around the Europe and the world and 4 main institutions following a review of the highlights…

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Large prostitution ring dismantled

Eurojust: A joint action in France, Bulgaria and Germany resulted in searches of more than 20 locations and the arrest of 10 pimps. The pimps had been operating since 2015, promising…

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European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger calls for helping out southern EU states

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - All European Union countries need to help southern neighbors, where most migrants are arriving, European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told reporters ahead of a mini-summit on migration in…

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