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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Borissov meets Juncker: ‘Bulgaria counts on EC support during 2018 EU Presidency’

September 29, 2017October 1, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Meeting European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Tallinn on September 29, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that his country

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Bulgaria 

Bozhidar Dimitrov to retire as head of Bulgaria’s National History Museum

September 29, 2017September 30, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Dossier Commission

Bozhidar Dimitrov has resigned as head of Bulgaria’s National History Museum, to go on retirement, the Ministry of Culture said

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB nominates MP Anton Todorov to head Dossier Commission

September 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Dossier Commission

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party is backing one of its MPs, Anton Todorov, to become the next

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Bulgaria 

European Commission calls on EU leaders to integrate Bulgaria, Romania into Schengen zone

September 27, 2017September 28, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European Commission, Romania, Schengen

The European Commission said on September 27 that it was calling on the European Council “to take the decision fully

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research September 2017 poll: Borissov’s GERB 25.1%, Bulgarian Socialist Party 19.3%

September 26, 2017September 28, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Six months after Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, the picture of support for major political parties is largely

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov meets United Patriots: ‘No problems in the governing coalition’

September 26, 2017September 27, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov held talks on September 26 with the three co-leaders of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB party remembers Holocaust victims in Rosh Hashanah message

September 22, 2017September 24, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

After Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots parliamentary group provoked controversy with a message on Rosh Hashanah that attacked the “enemies of

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Bulgaria 

Shalom organization of Bulgarian Jews irked by ‘Patriots’ declaration on Rosh Hashanah

September 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

The Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria has responded with extreme concern to a declaration in Parliament by the

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Bulgaria 

Patriot games: Nationalists in Bulgarian Parliament make politics of Rosh Hashanah

September 21, 2017September 22, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

The United Patriots, the grouping of nationalist and far-right parties that is the minority partner in Bulgaria’s government, made a

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