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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Outgoing Bulgarian president Plevneliev speaks on relations with Russia, expectations for successor

January 18, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

At a lengthy valedictory news conference on January 18, outgoing Bulgarian president Rossen Plevneliev reiterated his stance distinguishing between Russia’s

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Bulgaria 

With months to go to elections, Bulgarian politicians indulge in chatter on coalitions

January 17, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Even with no date yet decreed for Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections, Bulgaria’s politicians are indulging in publicly discussing what kind

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission has announced more than 12 000 communist secret service agents in 10 years

January 12, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Dossier Commission, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law with announcing the identities of those in public life who worked for

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Zlatka’s story of early teen motherhood again raises issues of Roma in Bulgaria

January 5, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

It is a dreary ritual for reporters with the coming of a New Year, churning out the routine stories that

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Bulgaria 

Negotiations among Bulgarian coalition partners heighten possibility of new government

December 19, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Negotiations on December 19 among Bulgaria’s GERB party, the Reformist Bloc and Patriotic Front appeared to put the country a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: GERB ‘to support’ goverment formed by Reformist Bloc – Tsvetanov

December 18, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Boiko Borissov’s GERB party could support a government formed on the basis of the mandate held by the Reformist Bloc,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB party, nationalists and Reformist Bloc in talks on new government headed by Borissov

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Talks were held on December 16 among Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition and the Reformist Bloc

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Borissov, Patriotic Front, set conditions for supporting Reformist Bloc attempt at forming government

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s winter 2016 political drama took a new twist as Boiko Borissov and the nationalist Patriotic Front set their conditions

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Cracks in Reformist Bloc over government formation attempt become even clearer

December 15, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The cracks in Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition over an attempt to form a government became even clearer on December

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