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Bulgarian Defence Minister: Government to postpone talks on acquisition of new fighter jet

July 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government will not begin negotiations on the acquisition of a new fighter jet until the parliamentary ad hoc committee

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Dossier Commission names two of President Radev’s staff as former State Security people

July 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law with exposing people in public life who worked for the country’s communist-era

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament committee probing jet fighter acquisition process gets underway

July 5, 2017July 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

An ad hoc committee of the Bulgarian Parliament set up to investigate the actions of the Gerdzhikov caretaker cabinet in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police, backed by firefighters and prison warders, hold national protest in Sofia to demand pay increases

July 5, 2017July 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 1000 Bulgarian police, backed by firefighters and prison warders, held a protest in central Sofia on July 5 to

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False start for the sixth time in Bulgarian special court trial of Bourgas Airport terrorist attack accused

July 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

For the sixth time since hearings were meant to begin in September 2016, Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court has not proceeded

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European Parliament approves appointment of Bulgaria’s Maria Gabriel as European Commissioner

July 4, 2017July 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Maria Gabriel

In a secret ballot vote in the European Parliament on July 4, MEPs approved the appointment of Bulgaria’s Maria Gabriel

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Bulgarian President Radev: Former defence minister Nenchev ‘crashed’ in MiG-29 overhaul deal

July 4, 2017July 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria’s President and former Air Force commander Roumen Radev said on July 4 that former defence minister Nikolai Nenchev had

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors charge two managers over attempted demolition of Plovdiv ‘Tobacco Town’ warehouse

July 4, 2017July 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Prosecutor’s Office in Plovdiv has lodged charges in court against two managers of a company in connection with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov and President Radev in show of unity on military modernisation, anti-corruption and foreign policy

July 3, 2017July 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Against a background of recent tensions between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and President Roumen Radev, the heads

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