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A Bulgarian court has ordered the extradition of a Russian man accused at home of large-scale tax evasion in a case complicated by the suspect's burning of his Russian passport during an antiwar protest in the Black Sea resort of Varna.
A caretaker government was sworn in on August 2 in Bulgaria to run the EU member country until snap elections set for October 2 following the collapse of pro-Western Prime Minister Kiril Petkov's coalition government in late June.
President Rumen Radev has announced October 2 as the date for Bulgaria's fourth parliamentary elections in less than two years following the collapse in June of reformist Prime Minister Kiril Petkov's coalition government.
An explosion early on July 31 blasted an ammunition depot owned by arms dealer Emilian Gebrev, Bulgarian state news agency BTA reported.
Bulgaria's Socialist Party has renounced plans to propose a new coalition government after failing to form a majority in parliament, a development that promises fresh elections in the autumn for the EU and NATO country.
The foreign ministers of North Macedonia and Bulgaria have formally signed a bilateral protocol to ease their disputes and move Skopje on to what it hopes will be eventual European Union membership.
Most of Bulgaria's high-quality wheat will go to global markets to help alleviate shortages caused by Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. But that also means Bulgarian bread will continue to be made from lower-quality grain normally used in animal feed.
Bulgaria's centrist Continue the Change party (PP) has announced that it failed to secure the support of a majority in parliament to put forward a new coalition government.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on July 1 handed a mandate to form a new government to the country's finance minister, Asen Vassilev.
Bulgaria recently announced it expelling 70 Russian diplomats for posing a "threat to national security." Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova is not being expelled, despite such calls for months now by many Bulgarians for her less-than-diplomatic activities.
Bulgaria has ordered 70 Russian diplomatic staff out of the country, claiming that they have been working against Sofia's interests.
Bulgarian lawmakers have conditionally approved dropping Sofia's opposition to North Macedonia opening accession talks with the European Union, raising the prospect of progress in the Western Balkans' quest for EU membership amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov's six-month-old government has been toppled in a no-confidence vote over disagreements on the economy and whether Sofia should drop opposition to North Macedonia's European Union accession.
The Bulgarian parliament has ousted its speaker in a new blow to the coalition government of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, who faces a vote of no-confidence next week.
Bulgaria's prime minister has pledged to lead a minority government after one of four parties in a governing coalition formed just six months ago quit the government.
Refugees from the war in Ukraine who were given shelter in Bulgaria are being forced out of their accommodations on the Black Sea coast. The government slashed subsidies for hotels housing them ahead of the summer tourist season.
The predictions were dire when Gazprom turned off the gas taps in late April to Bulgaria. But less than a month later, Bulgaria is confident it can survive without Russian gas.
The provision of such aid would align Sofia more closely with most NATO allies but deepen a rift with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who has suggested that arming either side merely prolongs the fighting.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will lead a delegation to Kyiv this week amid a dispute within his coalition government over providing military aid to Ukraine.
The Polish government says it is ready to face any interruption of gas supply after Russia's Gazprom informed Warsaw that it will halt gas shipments through the Yamal pipeline from April 27.
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