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Day: March 30, 2017

Perspectives 

Of Bulgaria, and ‘conversations not negotiations’ on the forming of a new government

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Four days after Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections, Tomislav Donchev, a senior member of Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, said that there were

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to begin accepting refugees from Turkey, caretaker cabinet decides – report

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgaria will begin accepting refugees from Turkey, the caretaker cabinet agreed in a decision not made public, a report on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian authorities reject council bid to abolish Koprivshtitsa’s historical and architectural reserve status

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

A controversial bid by the local council of the Bulgarian town of Koprivshtitsa to abolish its status as an architectural

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev calls for formation of government of ‘national purpose and unity’

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said on March 30 that he hoped the government that would be formed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian among those arrested in bust of crime group smuggling hashish from Spain to Poland

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

A Bulgarian was among members of a crime group arrested in a bust against the smuggling of large quantities of

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Bulgaria 

Russian ambassador to Bulgaria congratulates GERB leader Borissov on election victory

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, energy, Russia, South Stream

The Russian ambassador in Sofia, Anatoliy Makarov, has written to centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov congratulating him on his

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors probe nationalists’ pre-election protests at Turkish border

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Acting on numerous complaints, the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office has begun an investigation into the “blockade” of the Turkish border mounted

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition government talks: Nationalists want ministerial posts but have ‘no extraordinary claims’

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition wants to have seats in a future GERB cabinet but is making no “extraordinary claims”

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Business 

Foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria jump by close to 19% in first two months of 2017

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

The number of visits by foreign tourists to Bulgaria in January and February 2017 was 18.6 per cent higher than

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