Bulgaria’s caretaker PM: European Commission candidate will be a woman
Bulgaria’s nominee to be its new European Commissioner will be a woman, caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said on March
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European Parliament calls for reimposing EU visa requirements for US citizens
The European Parliament has voted to call on the European Commission to reintroduce visa requirements for United States citizens because
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Bulgaria’s Poptodorova resigns from American Jewish Committee post in Warsaw
Bulgaria’s former ambassador to the United States, Elena Poptodorova, has resigned from her post as director of the American Jewish
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Good weather forecast as Bulgaria heads for March 3 national holiday long weekend
Bulgaria’s long weekend, from March 3 to 5 as the country celebrates its national day, was expected to see largely
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Borissov: If GERB comes second in elections, party will not attempt to form a government
GERB leader Boiko Borissov said on March 2 that if his party comes second in the early parliamentary elections, it
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Bulgaria caretaker PM raises prospect of ERM2 application
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said on March 1 that his government had the “ambition” to submit a formal
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Political row erupts over proposed change of Bulgarian Defence Chief
Bulgaria’s former governing party and former defence minister have expressed outrage at the caretaker Cabinet nomination of a new Defence
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Bulgarian President Radev names former State Security staffer as security and defence adviser
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has appointed Ilian Alipiev, formerly a member of the country’s communist-era secret service State Security’s counterintelligence
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Poptodorova’s airport incident: ‘honest mistake’ and ‘hybrid warfare’
Bulgaria’s former ambassador to the United States, Elena Poptodorova, has described an incident at Warsaw Airport in which she was
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