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Month: March 2017

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Turkey continues to loom large in concerns about Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections

March 17, 2017March 20, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Amid continuing controversy over concerns about interference by Turkey in Bulgaria’s March 26 early parliamentary elections, caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria declares Turkish citizen threat to national security, imposes five-year entry ban

March 17, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgaria has expelled a Turkish citizen after the State Agency for National Security (SANS) declared the individual a threat to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria recalls its ambassador to Turkey for consultations amid controversy over elections

March 16, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on March 16 that it was recalling its ambassador in Ankara, Nadezhda Neynsky, for consultations. The

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Bulgaria 

Caretaker PM: Cabinet will nominate European Commissioner if no government within 10 days after elections

March 16, 2017March 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, European Commission, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov says that his administration will nominate the country’s next European Commissioner if no stable

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian election commission orders halt to distribution of book attacking Ivanov’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ and New Republic

March 16, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Delyan Peevski, Peevski protests

The Central Election Commission has ordered an end to the distribution of a book distributed free with a newspaper, directed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prepares to react to voter bussing-in, hacker attacks during March 2017 parliamentary election

March 15, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s caretaker government and Central Election Commission are developing options to react to situations on the March 26 election day

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Bulgaria 

Migration, Russia are major issues for political parties ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections

March 15, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Russia, Turkey

Concerns about an increased flow of migrants into Bulgaria, and relations with Russia, are among the key issues that have

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian election commission fines TV station over nude photo of Volen Siderov

March 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Media, Volen Siderov

The Central Election Commission has ordered a fine to be imposed on television station bTV over a satirical show which

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB leader Borissov: Never has the situation in the Balkans been so ‘pre-war’

March 15, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Macedonia, Turkey

Never has the situation in the Balkans been so “pre-war”, GERB leader Boiko Borissov told an election meeting on March

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