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Bulgaria’s caretaker PM ‘feels very festive’ as life of interim government nears its end

May 3, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said at the beginning of what is expected to be the last formal scheduled

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Bulgaria’s ‘Borissov 3’ coalition government talks in final straight

May 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Negotiations on the formation of a new coalition government to be headed by Boiko Borissov headed into a final phase

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Bulgarian Air Force asks people not to fly drones on May 6 Army Day

May 2, 2017May 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s Air Force has asked people in Sofia and surrounding places not to fly any remote-controlled aircraft such as drones on

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Prosecutors charge three Syrians, two Bulgarians over illegal trafficking of migrants

May 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Special Prosecutor’s Office said on May 2 that it had laid criminal charges against three Syrians and two Bulgarians

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Video: Bulgarian tourism, a government-to-be, the Sofia Science Festival and Eurovision

May 2, 2017May 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria Now, Eurovision, Lance Nelson, podcasts, Sofia Science Festival, tourism

Bulgaria turned in a healthy growth in tourism figures in the first three months of 2017, while a new elected

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Landmark week in Bulgarian politics follows May Day long weekend

May 1, 2017May 3, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The short four-day week in Bulgaria following the country’s May 1 Labour Day long weekend will be a landmark one

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Bulgarian President Radev: Financial aspects of Brexit negotiations will be the most difficult

April 29, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on April 29 that the financial aspect of relations between the European Union and the

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Bulgaria’s Borissov says external interference in Macedonia’s domestic affairs ‘unacceptable’

April 28, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Roumen Radev

Boiko Borissov, leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party and expected soon to become his country’s prime minister, has called for

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GERB, United Patriots start talks on coalition government posts

April 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the nationalist United Patriots started formal negotiations on April 28 on the composition of their coalition

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