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Day: January 22, 2017

Bulgaria 

Greek farmers’ protest blockade of Bulgarian border postponed – reports

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greek farmers protesting against tax reforms in their country have postponed a planned blockade of Bulgaria’s border, reports said on

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Bulgaria 

Technical glitch on Romanian side causes 15km queue of lorries at Bulgaria’s Danube Bridge 2

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

A technical problem on the Romanian side of the border caused a 15km-long queue of lorries at Bulgaria’s Danube Bridge

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Bulgaria 

Roumen Radev, Bulgaria’s new President, blessed in Bulgarian Orthodox Church ceremony

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev

Prayers and blessings were said for Bulgaria’s new head of state, President Roumen Radev, at a ceremony in Sofia’s landmark

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ‘Night Wolves’ welcome inauguration of President Radev

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia

Members of the Bulgarian branch of the Russian pro-Putin motorcycle club the “Night Wolves” were among the public at the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev: I will uncompromisingly defend the rights, interests and dignity of the people

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev

At his inauguration ceremony on January 22, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev pledged to work with Parliament, the government, institutions, civil

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Bulgaria 

Roumen Radev inaugurated as Bulgaria’s fifth president

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Amid military ceremonies and with the attendance of top state and government officials – and amid sub-zero temperatures – Roumen

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Bulgaria 

Radev says he will appoint ‘experts’ to Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Roumen Radev, taking office as Bulgaria’s President on January 22, said that he would appoint “experts” to the caretaker cabinet

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB blames fake news on Facebook for Bulgarian presidential election defeat

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

More than two months after the defeat of Boiko Borissov’s GERB in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections, an analysis by

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