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Bulgarian Parliament renounces Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, ministerial assessments, and other stories

March 12, 2013August 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament continued its busy legislative activity on March 12, while a number of ministers from the outgoing Cabinet gave their

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Hardly a honeymoon for Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet as political parties react

March 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian caretaker prime minister Marin Raykov’s cabinet is unlikely to be expecting the traditional honeymoon granted a new government, and

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Meet Bulgaria’s Raikov caretaker cabinet: CVs

March 12, 2013May 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Prime Minister and Foreign Minister – Marin Raykov Marin Raykov was born on December 17 1960 in Washington DC in

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Bulgaria’s caretaker PM Raykov spells out tasks of interim administration

March 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Bulgaria’s caretaker prime minister-designate Marin Raykov, who takes office on March 13 2013, spelt out his administration’s tasks in a

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Bulgarian caretaker Cabinet list

March 12, 2013July 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev announced the line-up of the country’s caretaker government on March 12. Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev names ambassador Marin Raykov as caretaker prime minister

March 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev announced on March 12 2013 that Marin Raykov, current ambassador to France and formerly twice a

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CEZ unit in Bulgaria appoints energy ombudsman

March 12, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Czech firm CEZ said that it was creating a new corporate position at its Bulgarian subsidiary, the energy ombudsman, whose

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Of caretaker cabinets and careless talk

March 12, 2013July 23, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Ahead of Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev’s March 12 announcement of the line-up of the caretaker cabinet, speculation about who temporarily

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Public donations prevent electricity being cut at Plovdiv’s St Marina church over unpaid bills

March 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

A day after controversial Bulgarian Orthodox Church Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai failed to auction off his luxurious wristwatch – attracting no

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