Bulgarian government pulls budget amid fierce protests
Protesters argue the draft budget would increase taxes and inflation with little payoff, while entrenching corruption.
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At the EU’s external border in Bulgaria, the refugee horror story continues
I spent a summer providing medical care to refugees in Bulgaria and these are some of their stories.
Romania, Bulgaria join borderless Schengen zone after 13-year wait
Identification checks at Bulgaria and Romania’s land borders have ceased, opening free travel to the rest of the EU.
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What will happen to al-Assad’s Captagon empire now?
The trade of the illegal drug has flourished over the past decade in Syria. What happens to it now?
Bulgaria centre right leads in snap vote, fails to win majority: Exit polls
GERB party in the lead in parliamentary elections, but falls short of majority needed to end political instability.
Bulgarians vote in another election, but end to political deadlock unlikely
Opinion polls suggest no single party will win a parliamentary majority in the seventh election in four years.
Bulgaria faces another snap vote as latest bid to form new government fails
President of Balkan nation expected to call for new vote after three parties fail to garner enough support to govern.
Bulgaria’s GERB tasked with forming minority government
June 8 vote, which handed centre-right party most seats but not a majority, was sixth snap poll in three years.
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Bulgarian election delivers another fragmented parliament
Bulgaria’s sixth vote in three years delivers yet another fragmented parliament.
Bulgarians vote for new parliament amid distrust and fatigue
The snap vote, the sixth in three years, has been triggered by the collapse of a coalition government in March.
North Macedonia votes in presidential polls as EU membership bid looms
The vote is the first in a series of polls that could decide whether the diverse Balkan country will ever join the EU.
