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Month: April 2017

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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Business 

Bulgarian exports in January and February 2017 up by 12.7% year-on-year – NSI

April 10, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports in January and February 2017 added up to more than 7.7 billion leva, an increase of 12.7 per

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist leader Simeonov: ‘News on government by the end of the week’

April 9, 2017April 11, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian nationalist United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov said on April 9 that he expects that there would be news about

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Bulgaria 

Refugees will not have privileges at expense of Bulgarians – caretaker Social Policy Minister

April 8, 2017April 11, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Refugees will not have extra privileges at the expense of Bulgarians, caretaker Social Policy Minister Gulub Donev said on April

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Bulgaria World 

Bulgaria ‘accepts’ US air strike on Syrian airport as part of efforts to stop use of chemical weapons – Foreign Ministry

April 8, 2017April 11, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Syria

Bulgaria accepts the air strike by US forces on a Syrian Air Force airport as part of efforts to address

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Europe 

Bulgarian leaders send condolences after fatal lorry terrorist attack in Sweden

April 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Boiko Borissov, leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party and who is widely seen as likely to return as his country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s newly-elected Parliament to hold its first sitting on April 19

April 7, 2017April 11, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s newly-elected 44th National Assembly will hold its first sitting on April 19 2017, as decreed by head of state

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Europe 

‘Systematic checks’ of EU citizens crossing external Schengen borders start on April 7

April 7, 2017April 11, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

Systematic checks of European Union citizens crossing external Schengen borders are mandatory as of April 7 2017, the European Commission

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker govt, President continue damage control attempts in controversy over bill on voting rights

April 7, 2017April 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev

The blame game is continuing in a controversy about draft legislation posted on the Bulgarian Justice Ministry website that envisaged

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