Bulgaria on Thursday officially adopted the euro, becoming the 21st member of the eurozone nearly 20 years after joining the European Union, a landmark step welcomed by EU leaders but met with mixed feelings at home. At midnight, the Balkan nation retired its long-used currency, the lev, which had been in circulation since the late […]
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46 killed in Bulgaria bus accident
Forty-six people, including a dozen minors, were killed after a bus caught fire south of the Bulgarian capital early Tuesday, officials said, in the country’s deadliest road accident in years. A cause has yet to be determined but officials believe a fire broke out on board the tourist bus which was travelling from Turkey to […]
Bulgaria protest parties buoyed as voters punish center-right for graft
Exit polls in Bulgaria’s second general election in three months show voters angry at rampant corruption have punished the party of three-time premier Boyko Borisov, deserting it for a new anti-establishment group headed by singer-turned-politician Slavi Trifonov. Latest polls projected that Trifonov’s There is Such a People (ITN) party — founded just last year — […]
Bulgaria votes again in a bid to end political deadlock
Bulgarians went to the polls for a second time in three months on Sunday, hoping the political parties can this time agree on a stable government coalition. After almost a decade in power, the conservative GERB party of three-time Prime Minister Boyko Borisov came out first in the last election in April with 26 percent […]
Bulgaria sees F-16 jet deal with US at $1.2 billion
Bulgaria expects the United States to make an offer soon to sell it eight new F-16 fighter jets for its army at $1.2 billion, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. The US State Department approved the possible sale of eight F-16 aircraft and related equipment at an estimated cost of $1.67 billion, a Pentagon agency […]