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Bulgaria and Romania 'one step closer' to full membership in Schengen zone, Hungary says
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Bulgaria and Romania could become full members of Europe's Schengen travel zone starting at the beginning of 2025, Hungarian officials said on Friday. The two Balkan countries joined the European Union in 2007 but were not integrated into the borderless...
Borissov appears winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The center-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov appears to be the winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, the country’s central electoral commission said Monday, with 98% of the ballots counted. Results showed the GERB party receiving 26.5%...
Bulgaria's center-right GERB party wins snap vote, exit poll shows
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The center-right GERB party of former prime minister Boyko Borissov is the likely winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, after exit poll results showed it placing first on Sunday. The exit poll conducted by the Gallup International pollster showed...
Vote-weary Bulgarians face a seventh general election in just over 3 years
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians will cast ballots on Sunday in the seventh general elections in just over three years as the country faces growing political instability that might further enhance the popularity of pro-Russian and far-right groups. Of the six elections since 2021,...
Norway issues wanted notice for man connected to exploding pagers in Lebanon
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway issued an international wanted notice on Thursday for a man linked to a Bulgaria-based company that may have been involved in the dissemination of exploding electronic devices to the militant Hezbollah group that killed dozens and wounded thousands in Lebanon...
A military jet crashes in Bulgaria during a drill. Both pilots are killed
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Bulgarian military jet crashed on Friday during a drill for an airshow marking the anniversary of the country joining NATO, authorities said. Both pilots aboard the aircraft were killed. The L-39 Albatros training jet went down shortly after noon near Graf...
Germany's leaders pay tribute to victims of the Solingen knife attack
BERLIN (AP) — German leaders paid tribute Sunday to the three people killed in the Aug. 23 knife attack by a suspected Islamic extremist, which has pushed immigration back to the top of the country's political agenda. Eight people also were wounded in the attack at a “Festival of...
Bulgarian president calls early parliament elections for October to overcome impasse
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president on Tuesday called early parliamentary elections for October, in another effort to overcome the political impasse and economic woes plaguing the European Union and NATO member. President Rumen Radev called the snap balloting for Oct. 27...
