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Day: March 28, 2017

Bulgaria 

European and foreign policy implications of Bulgaria’s election

March 28, 2017March 30, 2017 Vessela Tcherneva Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova

The EU has dodged a bullet in the Bulgarian elections with the victory of former prime minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria after the March 2017 parliamentary elections: Recriminations and resignations

March 28, 2017March 30, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova

The aftermath of the results of Bulgaria’s March 26 parliamentary elections is seeing a predictable round of recriminations, while among

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Perspectives 

EU ambassadors joint statement on Bulgaria and CVM

March 28, 2017March 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The ambassadors to Bulgaria of 12 EU member states released a joint statement on March 28, in response to a

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Business 

Bulgarian car assembly plant files for bankruptcy – reports

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Litex Motors, the owner and operator of the sole car assembly plant in the country, has filed for bankruptcy

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Bulgaria 

Controversy over Bulgarian TV station’s decision not to air talk show host’s episode

March 28, 2017March 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

A controversy has erupted over the decision by Bulgarian television station bTV not to air an episode of talk show

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish community to donate Vidin Synagogue to municipality

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Vidin

The Shalom Organisation of the Jews in Bulgaria has decided to donate the synagogue in Vidin, a port town in

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Leisure 

Bulgarian railways offers train excursions with ‘Europe’s most powerful steam locomotive’ on April 8 and 9

March 28, 2017March 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian state railways BDZ and the country’s Tourism Ministry are jointly offering two excursions on April 8 and 9 2017

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Bulgaria 

Turkey has not quite gone away as an issue in Bulgarian politics

March 28, 2017March 29, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

The March 2017 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria may be over, but the issue of Turkey’s role in Bulgarian domestic politics

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