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Bulgaria protests to Russia after journalist Grozev put on wanted list

Bulgaria protested to Russia on Thursday for putting Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev on a wanted list, with its prime minister criticising the move as an intimidatory tactic designed to muzzle free speech.

Reuters

Baba Vanga predictions: Two of blind mystic's prophecies that came true in 2022

Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga lost her sight when she was 12 years old and claimed that she could see into the future - with many speculating that she predicted the death of Princess Diana

Daily Mirror

Bulgaria: Parliament rejects proposed technocrat government

Bulgaria’s parliament has failed to elect a government proposed by the center-right GERB party to resolve a political impasse that has gripped the European Union’s poorest member country

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Bulgaria's GERB fails to install technocrat government to fill political void

Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday rejected a technocrat government proposed by the centre-right GERB party, deepening a prolonged political impasse in the Balkan country and bringing it closer to another snap election.

Reuters

Twenty-two beers for £10 - the destinations where your pounds will go the furthest

The cost of living crisis, inflation and the poor state of the pound means finding the right, cheap place for a holiday is more important now for a lot of British people

Daily Mirror

Bulgaria's GERB seeks technocrat govt but parliament unwilling

Bulgaria's prime minister-designate Nikolay Gabrovski of the centre-right GERB party proposed forming a technocrat government to lead the Balkan country out of stalemate on Monday, but he faces a tough task finding support in a hung parliament.

Reuters

Bulgaria detains 70 migrants, rushes some to hospital

Bulgaria has detained 70 suspected illegal migrants in a bus at parking lot on a highway near the southern city of Sliven early on Sunday and rushed some of them to hospital because of exhaustion, the regional police office said.

Reuters

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Bulgarian parliament approves military aid to Ukraine

Bulgarian lawmakers have approved the country’s first military aid package to Ukraine involving a classified list of weapons prepared by the government

The Independent UK

Bulgaria to send its first military aid to Ukraine

Bulgaria will send its first military aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion after parliament on Friday approved a list of arms drawn up by the interim government.

Reuters

Investigation exposes 'cage-like' migrant detention sites in Eastern Europe

A consortium of investigative journalists has exposed deplorable conditions at so-called "black sites" in Eastern Europe where migrants are reportedly being detained to prevent them from seeking asylum.

Radio France Internationale

Croatia to join Europe's passport-free Schengen area from January

European Union countries agreed Thursday to allow Croatia to fully open its borders and participate in Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone, but Bulgaria and Romania were told that they must wait longer to be allowed in.

France 24

Germany wants Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania to join Schengen - interior minister

Germany supports bids by Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania to join the Schengen area, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in Brussels on Thursday, adding that she did not share Austria's opposition to enlargement of the visa-free travel zone.

Reuters

EU split over newest members joining ID-check-free zone

European Union countries are to weigh whether Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia can fully open their borders and participate in Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone

The Independent UK

Croatia joins Europe's free-travel zone, Romania and Bulgaria barred

Croatia got the green light on Thursday to join Europe's open travel zone, but Bulgaria and Romania were kept out because of opposition led by Austria over concerns about unauthorised immigration.

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Bulgaria presses doubters before vote on Schengen zone entry

Bulgarian Prime Minister Galab Donev on Monday said the Netherlands was opposing Bulgaria's bid to join the EU's passport-free Schengen travel region, ahead of a meeting of Europe's home affairs ministers this week to discuss the matter.

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Greece, Bulgaria discuss oil pipeline bypassing Bosphorus Strait

An EU embargo on Russian oil and a transit fee hike to use the Bosphorus Strait are reviving a shelved pipeline plan.

Reuters

Bulgaria's GERB given a week to form government and end stalemate

Bulgaria's largest political party, the centre-right GERB, was given seven days Monday to try to form a government to lead the country out of a prolonged political impasse amid high energy costs and looming economic slowdown.

The Independent UK

Bulgarians protest reinstatement of paper election ballots

Hundreds of people have attended a street protest in Bulgaria’s capital to oppose a revision of the Election Code that reinstates paper ballots

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Daily Mirror

Best value ski destinations for Brits this winter according to Skyscanner

Livigno in Italy, Borovets in Bulgaria and Les Houches in France are some of the European ski destinations which have cheap drinks and pass prices, and are a cheap flight away

The Independent UK

German president presses N Macedonia on EU-required reforms

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has urged North Macedonia to acknowledge the presence of an ethnic Bulgarian minority in the country, amid other actions required to speed up its European Union accession process

The Guardian - UK

Where does Saudi Arabia’s win over Argentina rank in World Cup shocks?

USA stunned England in 1950 while Senegal provided the first big upset of the 21st century tournaments by beating France

The Independent UK

Bulgaria to let Russian oil refinery export despite EU ban

Bulgaria will allow a Black Sea refinery owned by a Russian oil company to keep operating and exporting oil products to the European Union until the end of 2024 despite warnings by Brussels that it is against the bloc’s sanctions

The Guardian - UK

‘An unforgettable rail journey’: my night on the Istanbul-Sofia Express

The overnight service from Turkey to Bulgaria started running again this year and was voted one of the world’s best journeys for 2023 by Lonely Planet

Reuters

EU pushes to add Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania to passport-free travel zone

The European Commission called on Wednesday for Romanian, Bulgarian and Croatian citizens to be able to travel freely without passports across Europe, which would expand the so-called Schengen area with no border checks to 29 countries.

Reuters

Analysis-Bulgaria's euro zone entry threatened by election stalemate

Bulgaria's longstanding political deadlock threatens to delay its plan to adopt the euro on Jan. 1, 2024, at a time when the eurosceptic and pro-Russian Revival party is increasingly vocal and Bulgarians themselves are deeply divided about the euro.

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