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Borissov after ‘leaders’ meeting’: Only option to have GERB-Reformist Bloc minority government with full four-year term

October 28, 2014October 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

A meeting of leaders of seven out of eight parties in Bulgaria’s new Parliament has convinced GERB’s Boiko Borissov that

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Bulgaria 

Annual Service of Remembrance to be held in Sofia on November 9

October 28, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual Service of Remembrance, commemorating all those who have died as a result of war, will take place on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road agency seeks new builder for section of Struma Motorway after axing Greek company

October 28, 2014October 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency is seeking a new road-building company for a section of the Struma Motorway to Greece after

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Bulgaria 

Borissov invites leaders of all parties in new Parliament for talks on alternatives for government or elections

October 27, 2014October 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The first sitting of Bulgaria’s new National Assembly on October 27 saw GERB majority party leader Boiko Borissov invite the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new Parliament returns GERB’s Tsacheva to Speaker’s chair

October 27, 2014October 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Tsetska Tsacheva of Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party was on October 27 elected Speaker of the new, 43rd National Assembly.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President reiterates need for dialogue in address to Parliament

October 27, 2014October 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

In his first address to the newly-elected 43rd National Assembly on October 27, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev outlined the major

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Bulgaria 

Protesters demand change to Bulgaria’s election law as controversial MP heads for new Parliament

October 27, 2014October 28, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Hundreds of protesters from the Bulgarian town of Kyustendil came to central Sofia for the opening of Parliament, and blocked

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s bad weekend weather: Woman found drowned in Bourgas, situation still serious in three regions

October 26, 2014October 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The situation in most of Bulgaria on October 26 was normalising after the heavy snowfall, torrential rains and strong winds

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Bulgaria 

Corporate Commercial Bank saga: Borissov wants BNB leadership gone as soon as possible

October 26, 2014October 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, CCB affair

The leadership of central Bulgarian National Bank must be replaced as soon as possible because they had been deliberately idle

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