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Remembrance Sunday 2016 in Sofia: ‘We will remember them’

November 13, 2016November 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Diplomats, former servicemen, senior Bulgarian officers and foreign military attaches as well as members of the expatriate community took part

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Bulgarians vote on November 13 in second round of presidential elections

November 13, 2016November 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Polls opened at 7am on November 13 in the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential elections, a run-off between Roumen Radev,

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Bulgarian TV showman to appeal against election commission decision on referendum

November 12, 2016November 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The team of Bulgarian television showman Slavi Trifonov is to lodge an appeal in court against the decision by the

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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 11

November 11, 2016November 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

As the eve of the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential election approached, the results of all opinion polls made public

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Bulgaria petrol retailers ask for more time to answer cartel accusation – official

November 11, 2016November 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC), Yulia Nenkova, said on November 11 that the petrol retailers,

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Bulgaria-Romania gas interconnector pipeline finished

November 11, 2016November 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov opened at a ceremony on November 11 the gas interconnector pipeline with Romania, describing it

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Bulgarian presidential election run-off: Radev 49.6%, Tsacheva 39.1% – Alpha Research

November 11, 2016November 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

In the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential elections on November 13, socialist-backed candidate Roumen Radev has 49.6 per cent support,

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Bulgaria’s presidential election debate: The tears, the laughter, the crosstalk

November 10, 2016November 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

It’s a rare television debate when one of the candidates struggles so much with emotion as to whip out a

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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 10

November 10, 2016November 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

The two rival candidates in Bulgaria’s November 13 run-off in the 2016 presidential elections, Roumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva, agree

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