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Day: May 5, 2017

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Cabinet to discuss European Commissioner nomination on May 10

May 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission, Kristalina Georgieva

Starting his third term as Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boiko Borissov has told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that his cabinet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls for ‘long-term policy’ to end dangerous personnel outflow from armed forces

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev has called for a long-term policy to put an end to the dangerous downward trend in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new Foreign Minister defends sanctions on Russia, says losses ‘far from what is said’

May 5, 2017May 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Ekaterina Zaharieva, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s new Foreign Minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva, has defended European Union sanctions against Russia, adding that while Bulgaria suffered economic losses

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Bulgaria 

Saga of unexploded bombs in Plovdiv residential district continues

May 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Residents of Plovdiv’s Trakiya residential district have had a few days of anxiety after a succession of unexploded bombs was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s nationalist Defence Minister wants to bring back compulsory military service

May 5, 2017May 7, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Krassimir Karakachanov

Krassimir Karakachanov, co-leader of Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots and now Deputy Prime Minister in charge of internal security and Defence

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Bulgaria 

EC President Juncker congratulates Borissov on his return as Bulgaria’s Prime Minister

May 5, 2017May 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission

European Commission President has sent Boiko Borissov a letter congratulating him on his election as Bulgaria’s Prime Minister. GERB leader

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new environment minister in video describing global warming as ‘manipulation’

May 5, 2017May 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s new Environment and Water Minister, Neno Dimov, appeared in a video in 2015 describing global warming as a fraud

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