Four major telecoms companies are competing to buy Bulgarian mobile operator Globul in a deal expected to be worth about EUR 700 M, according to a report by Reuters.
The heating utility in the northeastern Bulgarian city of Shumen has been sold to Israeli company Telemania.
Sofia residents and visitors can now use the subway parking lots free of charge with a personalized public transportation card.
Bulgaria's fiscal reserve as of December 31, 2012, amounted to BGN 6.1 B (7.8 % of the planned GDP).
Bulgarian ministries, with almost no exception, have given holiday bonuses to their employees, despite pledges to not do so.
Bulgaria is among the five countries in Europe that purchase natural gas from Russian giant Gazprom for the highest prices.
Bulgaria's Parliament has adopted at first reading amendments to the Energy Efficiency Act.
The ruling party GERB could decide to unfreeze the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant in the Danube town of Belene.
The unemployment rate in Bulgaria has reached 12.3% in December 2012, according to figures published Friday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
The official stance of the UK government is that the labor restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians will be lifted from January 1, 2014, according to Catherine Barber, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Sofia.
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has criticized recent claims made by British media and politicians that hundreds of thousands of Bulgarian and Romanian workers will "flood" the UK after the end of 2013.
The controversial monument of the Soviet Army in the downtown of the Bulgarian capital Sofia has been colored once again.
Israel is offering a stipend to the daughter of Mustafa Kyosev, the Bulgarian bus driver killed in the terror act in Burgas.
Bulgaria's Princess Kalina wants to gain Bulgarian citizenship, local media have announced.
Bulgaria is marking Friday for the third time the official Day of Gratitude and Homage to the Victims of the Communist Regime.
Bulgarian students who participated in an international Olympiad in mathematics, physics, and informatics in Kazakstan have had their awards confiscated at Frankfurt Airport on suspicions of smuggling.
The 22st edition of Bulgaria's largest and most impressive Kukeri event – the Surva Festival – kicked off in the western city of Pernik on Saturday.
Bulgarian visual artists have united in their disapproval of the country's new tourist brand, which was officially presented on January 17.
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors on Friday, February 1, the Day of Saint Trifon, the patron of vine-growers, wine-producers and tavern-keepers.
Parliamentary debates on the full smoking ban imposed in Bulgaria on June 1, 2012, will continue in plenary hall.
Bulgarian protesters are to gather in front of the Parliament in downtown Sofia on Friday to stage a new rally in favor of "equal rights for smokers and non-smokers.
Fulham have completed the signing of Bulgarian defender Stanislav Manolev on loan until the end of the season.
Bulgarian customs officials have seized parts of ATM skimming devices from the luggage of a Bulgarian national traveling to Germany on a bus.
Notorious Bulgarian drug lord Zlatomir Ivanov aka The Beret, who was shot Tuesday in downtown Sofia, remains in critical condition, according to reports.
Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca has revealed that it was Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who ordered the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II back in 1981.
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Tens of thousands protesters rallied against Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Sunni areas Friday as data showed a rise in attacks, indicating militants are seeking to capitalize on a prolonged political crisis.
The US State Department has confirmed that a terror attack occurred just outside the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
The explosion in front of the US Embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara on Friday has been caused by a suicide bomber, according to witness reports.
At least one person died Friday, as a blast has struck the second gate of the US embassy in Turkey's capital Ankara , according to state-run news agency Anatolia.
An explosion in front of the US Embassy in Ankara on Friday reportedly wounded several people.
Russia's Zenit-3SL rocket carrying a US-made telecommunications satellite has plunged into the Pacific Ocean shortly after launch.
The Romanian government awarded Thursday a shale gas exploration permit to US energy giant Chevron for the eastern part of the country.
At least 25 people were killed by a blast in Mexico City at the headquarters of the state oil company, Pemex, according to Mexican authorities.
Paruyr Hayrikyan, a candidate in Armenia's upcoming presidential election has been wounded in a shooting in the capital Yerevan.
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