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Bulgaria's trade unions voiced disaffection proposals for reforms in the retirement system voted Wednesday by the government and threatened protests over what they saw as a "drastic impediment to accessing the right to retirement.
Society | August 4, 2010, Wednesday // 17:04
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A team of Bulgarian archaeologists has discovered a treasure of 166 silver coins during excavations at the medieval fortress of Kastritsi on the Black Sea coast.
Several oil slicks have been detected in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria and Romania via satellite monitoring by the BlackSea-online.
The Bulgarian cabinet adopted Wednesday the draft bill for amendment of the Law on Social Security, introducing higher requirements for retirement.
Society | August 4, 2010, Wednesday // 14:43
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The Bulgarian government has decided to allocate additional funds for the renovation of the St. George Church in the town of Sozopol which will host the recently discovered relics of St. John the Baptist.
British Petroleum announced Wednesday that the "static kill" operation it performed to stop the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has had the "desired outcome".
The discovery of relics of St John the Baptist in the Black Sea town of Sozopol has caused jealousy among Bulgarian archaeologists, according to Diaspora Minister Bozhidar Dimitrov.
Several dozens of people from the Roma community rallied around the hospital in the Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad demanding justice after a pregnant woman died there during an operation earlier on Tuesday.
Society | August 3, 2010, Tuesday // 20:25
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Bulgaria’s Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov has called upon the media not to speculate over the recent archaeological discovery of relics of St. John the Baptist in the Black Sea town of Sozopol.
Bulgarian authorities issued a ban of all heavy-freight vehicles on its road network on Fridays and Sundays between August 6 and 30.
The authorities in the southern Bulgarian District of Smolyan are searching for a missing US tourist who went to visit an uninhabited local village.
Society | August 2, 2010, Monday // 19:30
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The Bulgarian capital has the cheapest parking fees in the Balkans, Colliers International has reported.
Society | August 2, 2010, Monday // 19:11
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Members of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) announced that the organization had sent letters to the highest official Bulgarian authorities, calling upon them to take urgent measures in the fight against racism and hate crimes in Bulgaria.
Society | August 2, 2010, Monday // 13:39
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Bulgarian students from the National Academy for Theater and Film Arts (NATFIZ) will participate in the World Festival of Theater Schools in Lima, Peru.
Monday, August 2 is considered in Bulgaria the one day during the year when the waters of the Black Sea are the most dangerous, taking the most drowning victims.
Bodo Hombach, director of German WAZ Media Group, which operates many newspapers in the region, has voiced sharp criticism of abuse of power and collusion between governments and oligarchs throughout South-Eastern Europe, writes German daily Handelsblatt
Society | August 2, 2010, Monday // 11:05
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Bulgaria marks Monday the 107th year since the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising of 1903.
Society | August 2, 2010, Monday // 10:50
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The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brazil extended Sunday the World Heritage statute of Bulgaria's Pirin Natural Park.
Bulgarian milk producers are threatening to stage large-scale protests in the fall in desperation over the state's lack of engagement with the sector, report Bulgarian media Monday.
Society | August 2, 2010, Monday // 08:59
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Bulgarian archaeologists claim that the reliquary with the relics of St. John the Baptist, found in the souther Black sea town of Sozopol, is the first ever around the Bulgarian coastline.
Bulgaria's Minister without Portfolio has stated that the relics of Saint John the Baptist, found in the Bulgaria's southern Black sea town of Sozopol, were probably donated by Constantinople.
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