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Day: January 20, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict deputy foreign minister over telephone exchanges at foreign missions

January 20, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Hristo Angelichin faces criminal charges in connection with the purchase of telephone exchanges for 12 of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria announces security measures for presidential inauguration, including asking media not to use drones

January 20, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Media covering the January 22 2017 inauguration of Roumen Radev as Bulgaria’s fifth president have been asked not to use

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Bulgaria 

Chief Architect of Plovdiv, charged in ‘Tobacco Town’ demolition case, dies of cancer

January 20, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv former Chief Architect Roumen Roussev, who faced criminal charges in connection with the March 2016 illegal attempt to demolish

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors probe Foreign Ministry officials for abuse of office, mismanagement

January 20, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office is investigating senior officials of Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with alleged abuse

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Bulgaria 

Ahead of parliamentary election, Bulgarian socialist leader pledges to forge closer relations with Russia

January 20, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

With more than two months to go before Bulgaria holds early parliamentary elections, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party

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