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Equipment worth approximately BGN 60 000 has been stolen from the currently non-operational Ledenika & MM brewery in the northwestern Bulgarian town of Mezdra. The facility is owned by BG Drinks, the company of the controversial businessman Mihail Mihov, who

One hundred sixty-four competitors from thirty countries will take part in the Bulgarian edition of the Strandzha Tournament, which starts on Wednesday. Boxing starts on Wednesday and the finals will take place on Saturday. This is the first time that the tourn

Twelve from a total of 607 dams in Bulgaria are unsafe, according to the Minister of Economy and Energy, Traicho Traikov. Traikov spoke for the media Wednesday, after the regularly scheduled meeting of the Council of Ministers. The probe of the dams, which has no

No bonuses have been distributed among the employees of Bulgaria's Interior Ministry, according to the country's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov. Tsvetanov clarified that awards have been received by Interior Ministry employees from the Ministry's award fund,

Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has warned that the conditions of children living in institutions and the protection of minorities continue to be a cause for concern in Bulgaria. In a media statement published Wednesday, he ackn

The boss of pharmaceutical company Sopharma, an alleged monopolist on the Bulgarian market, is aspiring to become one day the country's prime minister, according to local journalists. "You should be careful what you say [about us] because very soon you will be liv

Bulgaria's left-wing Coalition for Bulgaria demands the resignations of Health Minister, Stefan Konstantinov, and of Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov over the "staff policy failure of the ruling GERB." The position of Coalition for Bulgaria was read by the

Notorious Bulgarian businessman and alleged court lobbyist Krasimir Georgiev, aka Krasio the Black, was punished by a 2-year suspended sentence. A panel from the Sofia District Court found Georgiev guilty of perjury in lying that he had not known any magistrates,

Bulgaria's government has accepted the resignation of the head of the Child Protection Agency, and appointed her deputy to take over the post. Kalin Kamenov will replace Nadya Shabani, who quit office, citing personal reasons. According to local media reports Sha

The Members of the Bulgarian Parliament accepted Wednesday the resignation of the discredited Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) Director, Neli Nesheva. The decision followed a 2-hour-long debate. 127 MPs voted – of them 116 for, 3 against and 8 ab