Bulgarian caretaker PM defends record against attack from MRF, BSP
Bulgarian caretaker Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki, who may be coming to the end of his term of office if plans
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Bulgarian ultra-nationalist MP ‘flattered’ by being persona non grata in Ukraine
An MP for Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist Ataka party said on November 6 that she was “flattered” at having been declared persona
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Bulgaria to honour 23 communist-era dissidents with state awards
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has recommended that the President confer high state honours on 23 people who were dissidents during the
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German embassy to mark fall of Berlin Wall with ‘run to freedom’ in Sofia and Varna
The German embassy in Bulgaria is one of 80 German embassies and consulates-general worldwide inviting participants to mark the anniversary
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Deal on coalition government for Bulgaria achieved, negotiators say
Bulgaria is set for a coalition government made up of Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the Reformist Bloc, with the support
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Survey of Bulgarian journalists says media under political pressure – report
More than half of the journalists in an anonymous survey carried out by Konrad Adenauer and Reporter foundations, the findings
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Bulgaria’s centre-right coalition partners in talks to rewrite programme to bring nationalists, socialists on board
Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB and Reformist Bloc moved swiftly on November 5 to negotiate with the nationalist Patriotic Front and minority
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Bulgarian cabinet decrees special five-day holiday for New Year 2015
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has decreed a special public holiday period around New Year 2015, for which it also declared special
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Bulgarian President hands mandate to Borissov to try to form a government
At a formal ceremony at the Presidency in Sofia on November 5, President Rossen Plevneliev handed GERB party leader Boiko
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