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Month: April 2017

Bulgaria 

Turkish ambassador: Ankara does not interfere in the internal affairs of Bulgaria

April 25, 2017April 26, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Turkey

Turkey does not interfere in and influence the internal affairs of any country, including Bulgaria, Ankara’s ambassador in Sofia Süleyman

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalists say every effort being made for a coalition government deal with Borissov’s GERB by the end of April

April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of Bulgarian nationalist coalition the United Patriots, said on April 24 that every effort was being made

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Ministry completes summary of bids to supply new combat aircraft

April 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry said on April 24 that it had completed its summary of the proposals to supply the Air

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors open investigation into utilities regulator

April 24, 2017April 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on April 24 that it has opened a pre-trial investigation into suspected mismanagement by members of

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Business 

Average agricultural land price per 1000 sq m in Bulgaria rose 4% in 2016 – statistics institute

April 24, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

The average price of 1000 square metres of agricultural land in Bulgaria in 2016 was 761 leva (about 389 euro),

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: Russia, Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia try to influence political process in Bulgaria

April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Macedonia, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Russia, Serbia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s former president Rossen Plevneliev says that four countries are trying “in one way or another” to influence the political

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Bulgaria 

Karakachanov: Bulgaria’s new coalition government will include four deputy prime ministers and 17 ministers

April 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato, Volen Siderov

The structure of the forthcoming Boiko Borissov coalition government is ready, and will include four deputy prime ministers and 17

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Bulgaria 

Gergov quits BSP leadership body amid row over Tsatsarov – Donchev meeting

April 22, 2017April 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kornelia Ninova

Plovdiv businessman and Bulgarian Socialist Party strongman in that city, Georgi Gergov, resigned from the BSP leadership body at a

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Bulgaria 

99% of those given Bulgarian citizenship in 2015 were from outside EU – Eurostat

April 22, 2017April 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Ninety-nine per cent of those granted Bulgarian citizenship in 2015 were from non-EU countries, the bloc’s statistics agency Eurostat said

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