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Crime group counterfeiting millions of euro bust in Bulgaria, Slovenia

October 7, 2016October 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian authorities, in close co-operation with Europol, arrested eight suspects belonging to an international organised criminal group responsible for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov rejects calls to resign over UN race failure

October 6, 2016October 8, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has rejected opposition calls for his resignation over the failure of Bulgaria in the race

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Turkey should remain a strategic partner of Europe

October 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Turkey should remain a strategic partner of Europe because no border police could cope with several million migrants, Bulgarian Prime

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Recriminations, calls for resignations after Bulgaria flops in UN race

October 6, 2016October 7, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgaria’s socialist opposition parties have seized on the failure of the Bulgarian candidates – one official and the other not

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UN Security Council: António Gutérres ‘clear favourite’ in Secretary-General race

October 5, 2016October 7, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Portugal’s António Gutérres is the “clear favourite” in the race to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, Russian ambassador to the

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Bulgaria 

Record 23 candidates in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections

October 5, 2016October 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

A record 23 candidates are standing in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections, it emerged as ballot numbers were drawn on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence to negotiate directly to get 10 MiG-29 engines

October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence will negotiate directly to get 10 engines for its ageing Soviet-made Mig-29 jet fighters instead of

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Bulgaria World 

Race for next UN chief enters decisive phase

October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

The race for the next U.N. Secretary-General enters a decisive phase on Wednesday, as the U.N. Security Council moves to

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Russia, US keep poker faces on UN bid by Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva

October 4, 2016October 6, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

The list of public endorsements of Bulgaria’s candidate to be the next UN Secretary-General, Kristalina Georgieva, grew with a statement

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