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Month: April 2017

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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Europe 

Tension in Skopje, Talat Xhaferi is elected Assembly Speaker in a situation of chaos

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

In Skopje, Parliament approved on Thursday afternoon the election of its new speaker, following a political crisis which has been

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Europe 

Macedonia crisis: Socialist leader Zaev injured as parliament in Skopje stormed over election of Albanian speaker

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Socialist SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev and 10 police officers were injured in a confrontation as Macedonia’s parliament in capital

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgarian coalition agreement geared to stable government

April 27, 2017April 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgarian GERB party leader Boiko Borissov, expected to be returned to office as prime minister on May 4, said that

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Bulgaria 

GERB and United Patriots sign coalition agreement, Borissov gets mandate to form government

April 27, 2017April 28, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

At a ceremony on April 27, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev handed GERB party leader Boiko Borissov – whose party won

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