Bulgarian PM Borissov: Cabinet to discuss European Commissioner nomination on May 10
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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Month: May 2017
Bulgarian President calls for ‘long-term policy’ to end dangerous personnel outflow from armed forces
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’s new Foreign Minister defends sanctions on Russia, says losses ‘far from what is said’
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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Saga of unexploded bombs in Plovdiv residential district continues
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’s nationalist Defence Minister wants to bring back compulsory military service
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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EC President Juncker congratulates Borissov on his return as Bulgaria’s Prime Minister
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’s new environment minister in video describing global warming as ‘manipulation’
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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Back in power as PM, Bulgaria’s Borissov shrugs off opposition criticism
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, back as head of his country’s government for the third time, has dismissed opposition criticism
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Bulgarian National Assembly votes third Boiko Borissov government into office
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted Boiko Borissov’s GERB-United Patriots coalition government into office on May 4 2017. The
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