News: Bulgaria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Bulgaria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Bulgaria – overview

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• May 19th 2013 – March 13th 2013
• March 13th 2013 – February 5th 2013
• February 5th 2013 – October 2nd 2012
• August 8th 2012 – January 19th 2012
• January 10th 2012 – July 18th 2011
• July 15th 2011 – September 11th 2010
• September 4th 2010 – January 7th 2010
• January 5th 2010 – August 23rd 2009
• July 25th 2009 – January 14th 2009
• January 8th 2009 – April 22nd 2008
• April 13th 2008 – July 24th 2007
• July 23rd 2007 – February 2nd 2007
• January 29th 2007 – September 27th 2006
• September 26th 2006 – January 6th 2006
• December 23rd 2005 – December 12th 2005

Bulgaria: news

Europe split over waste disposal

Wednesday, August 8th 2012, 14:08
related countries: Greece

Some countries in southern and eastern Europe are falling well below EU targets for waste management, with Bulgaria, Cyprus and Greece among the worst offenders, an EU report says.
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Bulgaria releases bomber image

Wednesday, August 1st 2012, 9:51
related countries: Israel

Bulgarian police release a composite image of the suspected suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver on a bus on 18 July.
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Bulgaria bomber 'part of group'

Tuesday, July 24th 2012, 15:36

The suicide bomber who killed six including five Israelis in Bulgaria last week was part of a skilled group, the Bulgarian prime minister says.
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Struggle to identify bus bomber

Saturday, July 21st 2012, 2:29

Officials are still struggling to identify a suicide bomber, 48 hours after he killed five Israelis and a local bus driver in Bulgaria.
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Israeli bomb victim funerals held

Friday, July 20th 2012, 14:00
related countries: Israel

Funerals are held for the five Israeli victims of a suicide attack on a bus in Bulgaria on Wednesday that left seven people dead.
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Bulgaria releases 'bomber' video

Thursday, July 19th 2012, 20:46
related countries: Israel
related places: Burgas

Bulgaria releases CCTV footage of a man suspected of carrying out a deadly suicide bombing against a bus carrying Israeli tourists at Burgas airport.
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'Suicide bomber' killed Israelis

Thursday, July 19th 2012, 11:40
related countries: Israel, United States

The bombing of an Israeli tourist bus in eastern Bulgaria was probably carried out by a male suicide bomber with fake US documents, officials say.
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VIDEO: CCTV released of suspected bomber

Thursday, July 19th 2012, 11:16
related countries: Israel

The Bulgarian government has released CCTV images of a man suspected of targeting Israeli tourists in a bus bomb attack.
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Bulgaria bus blast kills Israelis

Wednesday, July 18th 2012, 20:32
related countries: Israel
related places: Burgas

At least seven people are killed and more than 20 injured as a bomb explosion rips through a bus which picked up Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport.
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VIDEO: 'Vampire' skeleton displayed in Bulgaria

Thursday, June 14th 2012, 17:18

A museum in Bulgaria puts on display the 700-year-old skeleton of a person who archaeologists think was stabbed through the heart with an iron rod to prevent them from turning into a vampire after death.
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Bulgaria finds 'vampire' remains

Tuesday, June 5th 2012, 18:53

Bulgarian archaeologists unearth two skeletons from the Middle Ages pierced through the chest with iron rods to supposedly keep them from turning into vampires.
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Spanish queen cancels UK visit

Thursday, May 17th 2012, 10:05
related countries: Gibraltar, Spain, United Kingdom
related places: London

Spain's Queen Sofia cancels a visit to the UK for the Diamond Jubilee following disputes with London over the territory of Gibraltar.
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Bulgarians abandon nuclear plan

Wednesday, March 28th 2012, 15:01

Bulgaria abandons plans to build a new nuclear power plant on the banks of the river Danube, amid opposition from environmentalists.
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Bulgaria bans shale gas drilling

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 11:13
related countries: France

Bulgaria becomes the second European country after France to ban test drilling for shale gas using the controversial "fracking" method.
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