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Day: March 21, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 21

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

With five days to go to Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections, Turkey and the two Bulgarian political parties with close

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria caretaker minister says will propose scrapping Sofia Airport concession

March 21, 2017March 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Transport Minister Hristo Alexiev said on March 21 that he would make a formal proposal asking the caretaker

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Bulgaria 

Police presence stepped up as Bulgarian nationalists vow more Turkish border blockades over ‘electoral tourism’

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Turkey

The police presence at Bulgaria’s border crossings with Turkey has been stepped up, the Interior Ministry said on March 21,

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Business 

Foreign Direct Investment in Bulgaria in January 2017 was 54M euro

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 54 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry announces 371 polling stations in 70 countries

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

There will be a total of 371 polling stations in 70 foreign countries for Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary

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Bulgaria 

‘United Patriots’ block Bulgaria’s border with Turkey to bar vehicles carrying voters

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Supporters of Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition blocked border checkpoints with Turkey on the morning of March 21 in a

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