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UK to deepen defence relationship with Bulgaria to help tackle security threats in SEE

September 28, 2016September 28, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato

During the first visit to Bulgaria by a UK Cabinet member since the UK’s Brexit referendum, British defence secretary Michael

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Bulgaria 

Exacta poll: Borissov’s GERB has 25.4% support among Bulgarians

September 27, 2016September 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kristalina Georgieva

A month before the start of the official campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgarian archaeologists find remains of senior mediaeval cleric at Plovdiv’s Great Basilica

September 26, 2016September 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Bulgarian archaeologists excavating the site of the Great Basilica in Plovdiv have found the remains of what is believed to

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Guterres again leads in UN vote as Bulgarian Bokova drops even further

September 26, 2016September 28, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Portugal’s former prime minister and former head of the UN Commission for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, topped the UN Security Council

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Bulgaria 

False start to Bulgaria’s trial of Bourgas Airport terrorist attack accused

September 26, 2016September 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

The in-absentia trial in Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court of two accused of involvement in the July 2012 terrorist bombing attack

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Bulgaria, Cyprus energy ministers discuss gas delivery routes

September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, energy

Cyprus could play an important role in two projects meant to offer new sources of gas supply for Bulgaria, Energy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev: ‘Time has come for woman from Eastern Europe to lead the UN’

September 23, 2016September 27, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

After eight male Secretaries-General the time has come for a capable and respectable woman from Eastern Europe to lead the

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Bulgaria Now podcast: The Trump grumps, Hillary hilarity and Bokova knockover

September 23, 2016September 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva, Lance Nelson, podcasts, Rossen Plevneliev

The first television debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is just days away, on September 26. Coincidentally, that same

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Bulgaria 

Number of first-time asylum-seekers in Bulgaria drops in Q2 2016

September 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The number of first-time asylum-seekers registered in Bulgaria in the second quarter of 2016 was 3505, a decrease of 13

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