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Four Bulgarian presidents at unveiling of plaque to first democratically-elected head of state Zhelyu Zhelev

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s fifth democratically-elected head of state Roumen Radev and three living former presidents attended a November 7 ceremony to unveil

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government asks Parliament to ratify good-neighbourliness treaty with Macedonia

November 7, 2017November 8, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a regular sitting on November 7, endorsed the treaty on good-neighbourly relations with the Republic of Macedonia

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Bulgaria 

In Madrid, Bulgarian Foreign Minister reiterates support for Spanish stance on Catalonia

November 7, 2017November 8, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Meeting her Spanish counterpart Alfonso Dastis in Madrid, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has underlined that her country was one

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Union of Bulgarian Artists’ Sofia Comics Expo 2017 opens on November 7

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled Sofia Comics Expo 2017 opens at the Union of Bulgarian Artists’ gallery at 6 Shipka Street Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian winter resorts desperately seeking staff as 2017/18 ski season approaches

November 5, 2017November 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

With a few weeks to go before Bulgaria’s 2017/18 winter tourism season opens at major ski resorts such as Pamporovo

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev: Russian claim to have rescued Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust is ignorance or provocation

November 4, 2017November 6, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Roumen Radev, Russia

The claim that it was the Soviet army that rescued Bulgarian Jews from deportation to the Holocaust is either deep

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Bulgaria 

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson: ‘Soviet Army prevented deportation of Jews from Bulgaria’ to Holocaust

November 3, 2017November 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Russia, Sofia

The defacing of the Soviet Army monument in Sofia with an anti-Semitic slur has taken a new twist with the

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Bulgaria 

Sofia and Skopje sign two deals on defence co-operation

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov and his counterpart from Skopje, Radmila Shekerinska, signed two protocols on co-operation in defence policy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition’s bid for vote of no confidence in government likely to come to nothing

November 2, 2017November 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Kornelia Ninova

The leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, Kornelia Ninova, told reporters on November 2 that the BSP would begin

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