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Bulgaria faces snap polls as Socialists abandon plans to form government

Bulgaria is facing new general election in the spring, the country's fifth in two years, after the Socialists on Friday gave up on plans to form a working government.

Reuters

Bulgaria secretly supplied Ukraine fuel and ammunition in early months of war

Former PM tells of crucial operation, which was launched covertly due to pro-Russia sympathies in political class

The Guardian - UK

Bulgaria seeks to revive trans-Balkan pipeline project to secure non-Russian oil

Bulgaria is looking to revive a trans-Balkan oil pipeline project to secure non-Russian crude oil supplies for its only oil refinery on the Black Sea, controlled by Russia's Lukoil, President Rumen Radev said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Bulgaria’s president asks Socialists to form government

Bulgaria's president has given the Socialist Party a mandate to form a new government in a last attempt to avoid the country’s fifth general election in two years

The Independent UK

Bulgaria's Socialists get the final chance to form a government

In a last attempt to end Bulgaria's prolonged political deadlock, President Rumen Radev has invited the Socialist Party to try and form a government, its leader said on Monday, but there was little chance it would succeed.

Reuters

Bulgarians ward off evil spirits in ancient winter festival

Revellers dressed in red, some wearing huge masks and belts strung with large copper bells, dance around a fire on the main square of a Bulgarian village to drive away evil spirits and bring in good health and crops for the New Year.

Reuters

Heartbroken fiancée pays tribute to security guard 'loved by everyone'

Dimitar Hristov, known to many as 'Big D', was a former heavyweight boxer known for his kindness and humility

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Bulgarian lawmakers back coal plants with vote to roll back green targets

Bulgaria's lawmakers on Thursday backed a resolution aimed at avoiding an early phase-out of coal-fired power plants as more than 1,500 miners and utility workers demonstrated in front of the parliament in support of the coal industry.

Reuters

Treesa-Gayatri lose in pre-quarterfinals at Malaysia Open

KUALA LUMPUR: Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fought hard before going down in three games to Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the women's doubles pre-quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open here on Thursday.

The Times of India

Expert's tips for cheap holidays to 2023 hotspots including Sicily and Sardinia

Bulgaria, Sicily, Sardinia, Turkey, Montenegro, Estonia and Slovenia have all been highlighted Julia Lo Bue-Said, CEO of Advantage Travel Partnership, as places to visit in 2023

Daily Mirror

Skiers on melted slopes livid at being refused refunds despite 'no snow' guarantee

Visitors to the Borovets resorts in Bulgaria have complained of a lack of snow on the slopes amid an unseasonably warm winter, but no chance of a refund from their holiday company

Daily Mirror

Cheap holiday deals for 2023 including Spain and Turkey with flights from £9

Which? Compared the cost of flights, hotels, food, drink and exchange rate to find out the countries that are the best value for Brits on tour, with destinations like Tukey, Hungary and Bulgaria offering good deals

Daily Mirror

Bulgarian pianist Maria Martinova on her new album 'Nuit et Jour'

Bulgarian pianist Maria Martinova joins us to talk about music from her new album "Nuit et Jour" (''Night and Day"), which revisits works from Debussy, Ravel and Zanon. She was a child prodigy in Bulgaria and she has trained all over the world, including at London's Royal Academy of Music.

France 24

Bulgaria anti-graft party drops bid to form government, extending deadlock

Bulgaria's second largest party, the anti-corruption We Continue the Change (PP), gave up plans on Friday to form a government after failing to win backing in the hung parliament, prolonging a political deadlock.

Reuters

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Ski holidaymakers slam Tui for not cancelling trips amid poor snow

In one Bulgarian resort, only four runs were open with just one ski lift operating

The Independent UK

Bulgarians celebrate Epiphany with traditional rituals

Thousands of young men are plunging into rivers and lakes across Bulgaria to retrieve crucifixes, in an old ritual marking the feast of Epiphany

Reuters

Next party up as Bulgaria seeks new government

Bulgaria's second largest party, the anti-graft We Continue the Change (PP), will seek support to form a minority government and end a prolonged political impasse, Prime Minister-designate Nikolay Denkov said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Bulgaria signs deal for access to Turkey's LNG terminals, gas network

Bulgaria's state gas company Bulgargaz signed on Tuesday a long-term deal with Turkish state gas firm Botas for access to neighbouring Turkey's terminals for liquefied natural gas and transit to its border.

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Baba Vanga who 'foresaw' 9/11 and Brexit makes scary 2023 predictions

Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga lost her sight when she was 12 years old and claimed that she could see into the future. Many speculate that she predicted the death of Princess Diana, Brexit and 9/11.

Daily Mirror

Baba Vanga’s 2023 predictions - from 'solar tsunami' to 'nuclear explosion'

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

Reuters

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.

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

The Times of India

Flood of Russian crude heads to Asia after EU ban kicks in

Russia has all but ceased to be a supplier of crude oil to Europe.

Reuters

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.

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