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Bulgaria’s GERB, Reformist Bloc agree on cabinet to be headed by Boiko Borissov

November 4, 2014November 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB and Reformist Bloc have agreed on proposing a cabinet that will be headed by GERB’s Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

EU autumn economic forecast for Bulgaria: Subdued growth amid rising uncertainty

November 4, 2014November 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union’s autumn economic forecast for Bulgaria, released on November 4, sees real GDP growth in the country as

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Bulgaria 

Kanev: Reformist Bloc will support the prime minister proposed by GERB

November 4, 2014November 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria appeared a further step closer to a possible deal on a coalition cabinet on November 4 when Reformist Bloc

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Seven Bulgarian customs officers charged with racketeering and extortion at Turkish border

November 4, 2014November 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

After the weekend arrest of 24 Bulgarian customs officers at the Lesovo border checkpoint with Turkey, seven have been charged

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Bulgaria 

Reformist Bloc to state stance on cabinet participation on November 4

November 3, 2014November 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The parliamentary group of Bulgaria’s centre-right minority coalition the Reformist Bloc met on November 3 to decide its proposal on

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Bulgaria 

Woman self-immolates outside Bulgarian President’s building

November 3, 2014November 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A woman was admitted to Sofia’s Pirogov emergency hospital on November 3 with severe burns after setting herself on fire

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria rejects ‘elections’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk

November 3, 2014November 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria has rejected the “presidential and parliamentary elections” held on November 2 in Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine. “These so-called.

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Bulgaria’s coalition drama: The Musical

November 3, 2014November 5, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

It may be that those involved in negotiations to come up with a coalition government in Bulgaria are getting a

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Bulgaria 

Drunken youths assault couple in racist attack in Bulgarian capital

November 3, 2014November 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A group of drunken youths attacked a Bulgarian and her Ghanaian boyfriend while they were at a bus stop in

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