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Month: March 2017

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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‘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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 20

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Turkey

Monday March 20, the beginning of the final week of the election campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections, was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President meets intelligence and security chiefs, Prosecutor-General over worsening relations with Turkey

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev, Turkey

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev called a special meeting on the afternoon of March 20 with several senior

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Bulgaria 

Judge in Bulgaria’s Varna charged with defeating the ends of justice

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Varna

The anti-corruption special unit has lodged charges against a Varna District Court judge of defeating the ends of justice, Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Alitalia’s Sofia – Rome flights on March 20 cancelled because of Italian air traffic controllers’ strike

March 20, 2017March 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A strike by some Italian air traffic controllers’ unions on March 20 has resulted in the cancellation of the March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: The week that was, March 19

March 19, 2017March 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Roumen Radev, Turkey, Volen Siderov

With one week to go to Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, party political platform issues were largely swept

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev: Turkey’s interference in our elections is absolutely unacceptable

March 18, 2017March 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev, Turkey

It is a fact that Turkey is interfering in Bulgaria’s March parliamentary elections and this is absolutely unacceptable, head of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to return its ambassador to Ankara within days – caretaker PM

March 17, 2017March 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Nadezhda Neynsky, Bulgaria’s ambassador to Turkey who was recalled to Sofia for consultations on March 16, will return to the

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