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Sofia Science Festival: Andrew Steele and the science of getting older without getting old

May 12, 2023May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

For British scientist Andrew Steele, the greatest humanitarian challenge is one you may not think of – to enable all

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Bulgaria’s April 2023 elections: Winners and losers

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

With very close to 100 per cent of the ballots from Bulgaria’s April 2023 parliamentary elections counted, it is possible

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Perspectives 

Divisions over Ukraine dominate Bulgarian politics in aftermath of elections

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has decreed that the newly-elected 48th National Assembly will hold its first sitting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s WCC party to stand alone in early parliamentary elections

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2022, Kiril Petkov

The Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We Continue the Change (WCC) party will stand alone in Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections on October

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Border checkpoint made a symbol in Bulgaria’s election campaign

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2022

There are likely to be several issues in the campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s October 2022 early parliamentary elections – relations

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Bulgaria 

Icy exchanges as Bulgarian Socialist Party gives up mandate to form government

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria may be sweltering in soaring July temperatures, but in President Roumen Radev’s office, the atmosphere was icy as the

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Russia shuts 3 consulates in Bulgaria after 70 ‘diplomats’ ordered expelled

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Russia, Ukraine

Irked by Bulgaria’s expulsion of 70 of its “diplomats” that Bulgaria has said were working as spies, Russia on June

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Perspectives 

Being there: Amid the crowd as Bulgaria’s government lost the no-confidence vote

June 22, 2022May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Vassil Levski Boulevard in central Sofia is lined with hired buses, and on the boulevard’s pavements, clusters of youths, clad

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Bulgaria 

Pro-government mass rally in Bulgaria’s capital kicks off days of protests, for and against

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kiril Petkov

There was a rapturous welcome from a crowd of thousands on June 20 as Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Cabinet

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