Survey of Bulgarian journalists says media under political pressure – report
More than half of the journalists in an anonymous survey carried out by Konrad Adenauer and Reporter foundations, the findings
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Bulgaria’s centre-right coalition partners in talks to rewrite programme to bring nationalists, socialists on board
Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB and Reformist Bloc moved swiftly on November 5 to negotiate with the nationalist Patriotic Front and minority
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Bulgarian cabinet decrees special five-day holiday for New Year 2015
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has decreed a special public holiday period around New Year 2015, for which it also declared special
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Bulgarian President hands mandate to Borissov to try to form a government
At a formal ceremony at the Presidency in Sofia on November 5, President Rossen Plevneliev handed GERB party leader Boiko
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Cabinet inspectorate recommends legislating procedure on issuing certificates of Bulgarian origin
The Bulgarian cabinet office’s inspectorate-general has recommended that a law be drafted to govern the issuing of certificates of Bulgarian
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Bulgaria’s Parliament to vote on proposed cabinet on November 7
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, is provisionally scheduled to vote on GERB leader Boiko Borissov’s proposed cabinet on November
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Bulgaria ranks 48th in Legatum Institute’s 2014 Prosperity Index
Bulgaria ranks 48th globally out of 142 countries in the Legatum Institute’s 2014 Prosperity Index, having risen one place since
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Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front rejects GERB-Reformist Bloc proposed cabinet policy statement
Bulgarian nationalist coalition the Patriotic Front (PF) said late on November 4 that it could not support the proposed programme
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Reports name nominees to the proposed new Borissov cabinet
These are the nominations to Bulgaria’s next Cabinet, as agreed by Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the Reformist Bloc, according to
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