Bulgarian elections 2014: Borissov speaks on coalition government prospects
Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party widely expected to win by far the largest share of votes in
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Bulgaria’s proposed Budget revision proposes new 4.5 billion leva debt, 4% deficit
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has drafted a revised Budget for 2014 that proposes new government debt of up to 4.5 billion
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Bulgaria’s 7M leva fence at the Turkish border is ‘useless’ – and temporary
The controversial fence built along 30km of the Turkish border at the orders of the now-departed Bulgarian Socialist Party government
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Dossier Commission names credit millionaires, bankers linked to communist-era State Security
Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body that discloses people in public life that had links to the country’s communist-era State Security
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Bulgaria condemns Russia’s violation of international law in Ukraine, President Plevneliev tells UN
Bulgaria does not recognise the illegal annexation of and referendum in Crimea, and condemns the Russian Federation for violating international
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Election commission bans second campaign ad using children
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission has banned from broadcast and posting online an election campaign advertisement by the Movement for Rights
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Bulgaria’s SJC fails to elect new high court chief
Buglaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) failed to elect, on September 25, the new head of the Supreme Court of Cassation
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EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over CCB deposits delay
The European Commission has formally launched infringement proceedings against Bulgaria for its failure to correctly transpose sections of the Deposit
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Bulgarian, Ukrainian foreign ministers discuss gas supply prospects
There will be no problem in gas transit to third countries including Bulgaria during the coming winter unless Russia lowers
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