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Month: November 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to pay Palfreeman 3500 euro following ECHR ruling on freedom of expression

November 30, 2016January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet agreed at a regular meeting on November 30 to pay Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman 3500 euro following

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-October 2016 Budget surplus at 3.44B leva, above forecast

November 30, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first 10 months of 2016 was 3.44 billion leva,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political crisis: Borissov’s party refuses to support a new government in current Parliament

November 30, 2016January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The parliamentary group of Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party decided on November 30 that it would not support any attempt

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalists begin informal talks on possible formation of government

November 30, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s nationalist parliamentary group the Patriotic Front has begun behind-the-scenes talks on attempting to form a government, should President Rossen

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Business 

Bulgarian government moves to abolish ‘working Saturday’ tradeoff for special public holidays

November 30, 2016January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, meeting on November 30, has approved proposed legislative changes that would abolish the practice of decreeing a Saturday

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Bulgaria 

68% of Bulgarians want a caretaker government and early elections – Alpha Research poll

November 29, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Sixty-eight per cent of Bulgarians want a caretaker government appointed and early parliamentary elections called, according to a poll by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Formation of new government without early elections still a slim possibility

November 29, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

A November 29 meeting of Bulgaria’s Consultative Council for National Security, convened by President Rossen Plevneliev, has left in place

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church formally rejects Pan-Orthodox Council

November 29, 2016January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has formally rejected the Pan-Orthodox Council and its conclusions, it emerged

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Europe 

Spiting Russia, Montenegro gets pro-Nato government

November 29, 2016March 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle Montenegro

On Monday, Montenegro’s parliament approved a new cabinet led by a former intelligence chief who vowed to pursue the tiny

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