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Ousted MRF leader Mestan: I remain in politics

January 7, 2016January 9, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan

Lyutvi Mestan, ousted as leader and as a member of the Bulgarian Parliament’s third-largest party the Movement for Rights and

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Former US ambassador to Bulgaria Sol Polansky dies

January 7, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Sol Polansky, United States ambassador to Bulgaria from 1987 to 1990, has died at the age of 89 after a

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Bulgaria among European countries to see ‘moderate’ growth in 2016 – World Bank

January 7, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The economies of the western part of the Europe and Central Asia region, which includes Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and the

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Bulgaria’s utilities regulator to probe private provider Overgas

January 6, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission said on January 6 that it would check the “execution of licence duties and

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Mitov: Bulgarian – Turkish relations cannot depend on a political crisis in a party

January 6, 2016January 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Turkey cannot depend on a political crisis in one or another party or the actions

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Bulgaria to announce candidate for UN Secretary General ‘at moment most favourable for success’

January 5, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

The Bulgarian Government will announce its candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General at the moment at which conditions

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Bulgaria begins collecting income tax for 2015

January 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

On the first working day of 2016, Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) is already accepting income tax filings for the

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Bulgarian PM says Erdogan and Davutoglu tried to pressure him to back ousted MRF leader Mestan

January 4, 2016January 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said in a January 4 2016 television interview that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and

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Year in Review: Bulgaria’s 15 newsmakers of 2015

January 1, 2016January 7, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, judiciary, Nato, Volen Siderov

In Bulgaria in 2015, some made the news and some had the news thrust upon them. Apart from those who

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