Velichie party joins Bulgarian parliament, coalition majority now at risk
After the Bulgarian Constitutional Court ordered a partial recount of October's election results, the ultranationalist, ...
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Bulgaria's ruling coalition is left with a slim majority after vote recount
After seven elections in the past four years, the Balkan country is still trying to overcome the consequences of the political crisis. And the latest court ruling will weaken the current coalition ...
Three Bulgarian nationals guilty of spying for Russia in the UK
Russian spies who were embedded in the UK are facing jail for carrying out espionage operations against Vladimir Putin’s ...
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Bulgaria claims it is fully ready to adopt the euro
The final assessment of Bulgaria’s readiness lies with the European Central Bank and the European Commission. SOFIA - Bulgaria is fully prepared to adopt the euro from 1 January 2026 ...
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Political Issues
While the number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the second consecutive year in 2023, it remained among the highest annual totals on record. Ahead of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress, ...
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NEW REPORT: Amid Unprecedented Wave of Elections, Political Violence and Armed Conflict Fueled 19th Consecutive Year of Decline in Global Freedom
The 52nd edition of Freedom in the World finds that 60 countries experienced declines in their political rights and civil liberties, while only 34 registered improvements. WASHINGTON—Political ...
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‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN envoy
A sustainable resolution to the war in Gaza and the broader Israel-Palestine conflict relies on political courage from all sides, the top UN official for the Middle East Peace Process said on Tuesday.
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Anti-EU protesters storm EU mission in Bulgaria
Thousands of supporters of Bulgaria’s far-right Revival party tried to break into the headquarters of the European Union mission in Sofia during a protest against the country’s plans to adopt the euro ...
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1,000 Bulgarian nationalists protest against government plans to adopt euro currency
(AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) A protester wearing a mask of Donald Trump with a sign “Make Bulgaria strong again” shows thumb down during a protest demanding the government to scrap plans to take the ...
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Kolyo Paramov: The power of exported Bulgarian money suppresses the domestic political situation too much
Last year, Bulgaria was in 47th place on the list of countries for money laundering. Now it will probably go to 40th or 41st place, Paramov predicts. "The power of exported Bulgarian money suppresses ...
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NC voters appeal loss in 'election integrity' lawsuit challenging maps for Congress, state legislature
New political maps approved by the Republican-led legislature ahead of the 2024 elections feature districts — for the U.S. House of Representatives, the state House and the state Senate — that ...