Tag: #Bulgaria
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Bulgaria: 46 people including children killed in bus crash
Bulgaria: 46 people, including 12 children, killed as a bus crashed and caught fire. The accident occurred on a motorway south-west of the capital Sofia at about 02:00 local time (00:00 GMT). The bus was registered in North Macedonia and was mainly carrying tourists, who were returning from a trip to Istanbul in Turkey. Seven…
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At least 45 people killed in bus accident in Bulgaria
About a dozen children were on the bus as seven passengers were saved and taken to a hospital, Bulgaria’s interior ministry says
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Bulgaria expels two Russian diplomats over spy network
Sofia, (22th March, 2021, 12:05 am) (AFP/APP):Bulgaria said on Monday that two Russian diplomats were being expelled from the country, days after the latest in a string of Moscow-linked spy scandals was uncovered. Prosecutors announced on Friday that six people had been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia, including several defence ministry officials in…
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2 Russian diplomats to be expelled from Bulgaria
Vienna, March 22 (08:48 PM PKT)(AFP/APP): Bulgaria said on Monday that two Russian diplomats were being expelled from the country, days after the latest in a string of Moscow-linked spy scandals was uncovered. “The Bulgarian foreign ministry has declared two Russian diplomats persona non grata and given them 72 hours to leave the country because of…
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Bulgaria Expels Two Russian Diplomats Over Spy Network
Bulgaria has expelled two Russian diplomats over the spy network.
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Ireland halts AstraZeneca jabs as Italy gets set for restrictions
Ireland became the latest country to suspend its rollout of AstraZeneca jabs over concerns about post-jab blood clots
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Watchdog urges action on press freedom in Bulgaria vote
Sofia, March 10 (AFP/APP):Media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called Wednesday for urgent action to “rescue press freedom” in Bulgaria ahead of next month’s elections, warning that independent media were “on the brink of disappearing”. The Paris-based watchdog, which goes by its French acronym, flagged up several incidents over the past year involving threats…
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Bulgaria scraps vaccine priority lists after low take-up
Sofia, Feb 25 (AFP/APP):Bulgarians of all ages, some as young as 20, joined long queues at hospitals this weekend after low uptake on priority lists led the government to open up vaccinations to everyone. Fewer than a third of those designated as first in line for Covid-19 jabs have chosen to take up the offer…
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Bulgaria to Expel a Russian Attache
Sofia, Dec 18 (AFP/APP): Bulgaria said Friday that it would expel a Russian military attache — the latest in several such cases — after prosecutors opened a probe against him for spying on US troops in the EU and NATO member state. It was the sixth case of a Russian diplomat or embassy official being…
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Swiss Indict Credit Suisse in Bulgarian Mafia Case
Swiss have indicted Credit Suisse in the Bulgarian mafia case.