Bulgarian prosecutors seek to lift immunity of three MPs
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has submitted a formal request to the National Assembly on April 27 to lift the immunity from
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Month: April 2017
Gripen comes out top in ranking on Bulgaria’s fighter jet acquisition
Bulgarian defence experts have ranked the offer by Sweden’s SAAB-Gripen to supply new multi-role fighter jets to the Bulgarian Air
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Bulgarian government approves position on Brexit negotiations ahead of April 29 European Council meeting
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet adopted, at a meeting on April 26, the country’s position on political guidelines on Brexit negotiations, three
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Bulgarian President to hand Borissov exploratory mandate to form government on April 27
Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov will formally receive the opportunity to form his third government when head of
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Bulgarian nationalist leader calls for expulsion of Turkish ambassador, recall of Bulgaria’s ambassador in Ankara
Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of the nationalist United Patriots that is poised to become a partner in GERB party leader Boiko Borissov’s
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Bulgaria again ranks lowest among all EU countries in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index
Bulgaria is ranked lower in the World Press Freedom Index 2017 than any other European Union member, Reporters Without Borders
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Bulgarian Socialist Party leader: GERB-United Patriots governance programme is ‘serious retreat’ from election commitments
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova, whose party is destined for opposition when the forthcoming Boiko Borissov GERB-United Patriots coalition
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President Radev: Bulgaria in no way looking for trouble with Turkey
Bulgaria is in no way looking for trouble with Turkey, President Roumen Radev told reporters in Sofia on April 25.
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About 1300 litres of smuggled alcohol, mostly from Bulgaria, seized in Greece as part of international police operation
The Greek finance ministry’s financial and economic crimes unit confiscated close to 1300 litres of smuggled alcohol in March as
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