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Month: January 2017

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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Perspectives 

Conduct unbecoming? Bulgarian president-elect Radev takes flak in National Assembly

January 19, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev

Roumen Radev has set something of a record for Bulgarian heads of state by being the subject of a call

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2016 was 953.7 mln euro

January 19, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2016 stood at 953.7 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Hefty snowfalls in northern Greece cause problems at Bulgarian border

January 19, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Greece, Serbia

Substantial snowfalls in parts of northern Greece on January 19 caused problems at the border with Bulgaria, with some checkpoints

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Bulgaria 

Heavy snowfalls on January 19 block several roads, cause train cancellation in Bulgaria

January 19, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Heavy snowfalls on January 19 caused problems on several roads in Bulgaria, while similarly heavy snow in Bulgaria’s southern neighbour

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Bulgaria 

Partial walkout as Bulgaria’s president-elect tells MPs: ‘You have one more week’

January 19, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev

In Bulgarian politics, the convention is that new office-bearers are accorded a 100-day honeymoon. President-elect Roumen Radev’s lasted 22 minutes

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