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Bulgaria rushes to ‘self-defence’: Ami, get your gun

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

One night in Plovdiv, recently, a doctor shot dead a thief. The facts of how that transpired are disputed. Perceptions,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister meets Israeli delegation as country marks 75th anniversary of rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust

March 8, 2018March 11, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Israel

The Bulgarian authorities are doing everything essential to prevent all forms of intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination, “and you can rely

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov, Brexit secretary Davis talk bilateral relations

March 8, 2018March 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Brexit

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov offered visiting Brexit secretary David Davis reassurances of continued close bilateral relations with Britain, after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church honoured for 1940s role in rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust

March 8, 2018March 10, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The organisations of Bulgarian Jews in this country and in Israel conferred honours on March 8 on the Bulgarian Orthodox

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Bulgaria 

EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over VAT rules

March 8, 2018March 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on March 8 that it opened a new infringement proceeding against Bulgaria, asking it to bring

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Bulgaria 

Emir of Qatar on first state visit to Bulgaria

March 8, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, arrived on his first state visit to Bulgaria on March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament elects ruling majority’s candidate to head new anti-corruption body

March 8, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 8 to elect Plamen Georgiev, the candidate backed by coalition government partners GERB and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM’s GERB party calls on President to release transcript of his meeting with Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 8, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Russia, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The parliamentary group of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party issued a call on March 8 for President

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto on amendments to bank insolvency law

March 7, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian MPs voted on March 7 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on the bill of amendments to the Bank Insolvency

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