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Day: April 28, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Borissov says external interference in Macedonia’s domestic affairs ‘unacceptable’

April 28, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Roumen Radev

Boiko Borissov, leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party and expected soon to become his country’s prime minister, has called for

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Bulgaria 

GERB, United Patriots start talks on coalition government posts

April 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the nationalist United Patriots started formal negotiations on April 28 on the composition of their coalition

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament: Aggression against Macedonian MPs ‘unacceptable assault on parliament and democracy’

April 28, 2017May 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Krassimir Karakachanov, Macedonia, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted on April 28 a declaration strongly condemning the previous day’s assault on the parliament in Skopje,

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Business 

Survey: Bulgarian business climate improved slightly in April 2017

April 28, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

April 2017 saw a slightly improved opinion of the business climate in Bulgaria, bolstered by more positive opinions among managers

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Bulgaria 

GERB MP queries Bulgarian caretaker government stance on Gripen jet fighters

April 28, 2017April 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

An MP for Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, which will be the majority partner in the government to be formed in

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Bulgaria 

Macedonia crisis: Bulgarian President Radev ‘deeply concerned’ by clashes in parliament

April 28, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said on April 28 that he was deeply concerned by the tensions in

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Perspectives 

Mogherini goes to Moscow but is missing in action in Ukraine

April 28, 2017 Fredrik Wesslau of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia, Ukraine

Midway into her term, Federica Mogherini found herself in Moscow. The high representative had wanted to go to Moscow for

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Europe 

Macedonia crisis: European Commissioners condemn attacks on MPs in Skopje

April 28, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn have condemned the April 27 ongoing attacks

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Bulgaria 

Crisis in Skopje: Bulgaria’s Borissov calls Gruevski, Zaev to urge ‘normalisation’ of situation in Macedonia

April 28, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, Boiko Borissov – expected within days to return to office as prime minister

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