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Political polarisation as Bulgaria commemorates victims of communism

February 1, 2018February 2, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s customary political polarisation was in evidence on February 1, the day decreed in 2011 to commemorate the many thousands

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Bulgaria World 

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘The best antidote to anti-Semitism and hate speech is knowledge’

January 27, 2018January 28, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Calling on the world to “stand together against the normalisation of hate,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres emphasised in his

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament unanimously ratifies good-neighbourliness treaty with Macedonia

January 18, 2018January 19, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Macedonia

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted unanimously on January 18 to ratify the treaty with the Republic of Macedonia on friendship, good-neighbourliness

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Bulgaria 

Stability in Balkans responsible for stability in Europe, Bulgarian PM tells European Parliament

January 17, 2018January 19, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, European Parliament

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU, used a January 17 address to

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Bulgaria’s EU Presidency: High road and low road

December 28, 2017December 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria EU presidency

The commemorative coin and souvenir ties have run off the production lines, the main venue is prepared, and the priorities

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Scandal as Palestinian stand politicises International Women’s Club charity bazaar in Sofia

December 3, 2017December 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

There was outrage as the charity bazaar of the International Women’s Club in Sofia saw politicisation of the event by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit does not attend Moscow Patriarchate’s restoration centenary celebrations

December 3, 2017December 4, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia, Russia

A delegation of senior clergy from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church left for the celebrations of the centenary of the restoration

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Fitch, S&P Global Ratings raise credit ratings for Bulgaria

December 2, 2017June 2, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Bulgaria’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-‘. The outlooks are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament adopts declaration on country’s 2018 EU Presidency

December 1, 2017December 2, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria EU presidency

Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted on December 1 a declaration, tabled by MPs from various parliamentary groups, on the country’s 2018

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