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Day: April 11, 2017

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Bulgarian President Radev special address: what he said and what he did not

April 11, 2017April 13, 2017 Alex Bivol Roumen Radev

Having found himself at the centre of the controversy after the publication, last week, of proposed amendments on curtailing the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Ninova refuses Borissov’s offer of Parliament Speaker’s chair

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov, winner of the March 27 parliamentary elections, has offered Bulgarian Socialist Party leader

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian coalition government talks: GERB, United Patriots reach agreement on pensions

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party and the nationalist United Patriots have reached agreement on policy on pensions, in the course

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Bulgaria 

Mareshki forecasts doom for GERB – United Patriots coalition government

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Volya party leader Vesselin Mareshki has forecast that a forthcoming coalition government combining Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the nationalist United

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