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Will Bulgaria bet against the house in the European Commission stakes?

July 16, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, European Commission, Kristian Vigenin

In the hours ahead of the July 16 meeting of European Union leaders to discuss top posts in the new

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Perspectives 

Bulgarian Socialist Party seeks, well, red best-seller

July 10, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev

Officially or otherwise, a number of candidates have emerged to succeed Sergei Stanishev at a Bulgarian Socialist Party congress on

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Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria’s natural antidepressant

July 10, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Grigor Dimitrov

Around the latter half of the afternoon of July 4, the streets of Sofia and most towns and villages in

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Perspectives 

Strong backing in EU for Bulgaria’s Georgieva to be bloc’s next foreign policy chief

July 8, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European Commission, European elections 2014

A significant number of European Union countries have signalled to Sofia their support for Bulgaria’s current European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva

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Perspectives 

What lies ahead for the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s Sergei Stanishev?

July 7, 2014July 7, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

The resignation of Sergei Stanishev as leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party has left a number of questions open, including

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s parliament paralysed as pressure mounts on government to bring forward resignation

July 4, 2014July 8, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

The sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly on July 4 was cancelled as, for the third consecutive day, it failed to

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Europe 

The ins and outs of the new European Parliament political groups

June 26, 2014June 26, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European elections 2014, European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

The new European Parliament, to hold its first sitting on July 1 to 3 2014, will have seven political groups,

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev attempts fancy footwork on election date, resignation of cabinet

June 12, 2014June 17, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev

It was Richard M Nixon, who had some experience of failure, who said that finishing second in the Olympics gets

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party does not give Stanishev his way on elections in July

June 11, 2014June 12, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

Apart from the logistical improbability of Bulgaria holding ahead-of-term national parliamentary elections in July, Bulgarian Socialist Party chiefs did not

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