Bulgaria’s security agency bars two more Turkish citizens as threat to national security
Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security has ordered the expulsion of a Turkish citizen and declared another persona non grata
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Prosecutor-General: Bulgaria will not extradite border policemen wanted by Turkey on murder, manslaughter charges
Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on March 22 that Bulgaria will not extradite to Turkey four border policemen wanted by Ankara
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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Reports received of voters being bussed in from Turkey – Deputy PM
Bulgaria’s caretaker government has received reports of buses being organised to bring voters in from Turkey for the March 26
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Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 21
With five days to go to Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections, Turkey and the two Bulgarian political parties with close
Read moreBulgaria caretaker minister says will propose scrapping Sofia Airport concession
Bulgaria’s caretaker Transport Minister Hristo Alexiev said on March 21 that he would make a formal proposal asking the caretaker
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Police presence stepped up as Bulgarian nationalists vow more Turkish border blockades over ‘electoral tourism’
The police presence at Bulgaria’s border crossings with Turkey has been stepped up, the Interior Ministry said on March 21,
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Foreign Ministry announces 371 polling stations in 70 countries
There will be a total of 371 polling stations in 70 foreign countries for Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary
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‘United Patriots’ block Bulgaria’s border with Turkey to bar vehicles carrying voters
Supporters of Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition blocked border checkpoints with Turkey on the morning of March 21 in a
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Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 20
Monday March 20, the beginning of the final week of the election campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections, was
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