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Bulgarian PM Borissov furious at timing of Interior Minister’s resignation

March 4, 2015March 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed fury at the timing of Vesselin Vuchkov’s resignation as Interior Minister, the same

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Bulgaria 

FBI chief Comey: I am convinced our ties with Bulgaria will be stronger

March 4, 2015March 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

FBI director James Comey has described his visit to Sofia as important because his agency and Bulgaria work together in

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Bulgaria 

Resignation of Bulgaria’s Interior Minister sends political shockwaves

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The resignation of Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Vesselin Vuchkov at a March 4 cabinet meeting sent political shockwaves, with senior figures

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Bulgarian Interior Minister resigns

March 4, 2015March 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Interior Minister Vesselin Vuchkov submitted his resignation at a March 4 cabinet meeting after his proposal to change the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria celebrates national day

March 3, 2015March 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Led by head of state President Rossen Plevneliev, Bulgarians joined in celebrating the country’s national day on March 3 2015,

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Bulgaria Budget deficit for January-February at 130M leva – preliminary figures

March 2, 2015March 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that it expected the consolidated Budget deficit January-February 2015 to stand at 130 million leva,

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Unemployment in Bulgaria, EU continues easing

March 2, 2015March 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria is continuing to ease, falling to 10.8 per cent in January 2015 compared to 12.6 per cent

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Bulgaria, European, US leaders condemn murder of Russian opposition politician Nemtsov

February 28, 2015March 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria sharply condemns the murder of prominent Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov, Foreign Minister Daniel

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General defends probe into Protest Network activists

February 27, 2015March 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Media, Peevski protests

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has sought to defend the investigation, including a tax probe, into four activists from the Protest

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