Bulgaria’s coalition drama: Reformist Bloc leaders hold talks with Borissov
Leaders of Bulgaria’s centre-right minority Reformist Bloc coalition held unannounced talks with GERB chief Boiko Borissov and his deputies on
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Newly-appointed acting head of State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad quits five days after appointment
Iva Yordanova, named on October 16 by the caretaker cabinet as deputy head of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad,
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Bulgaria, Romania to sign memorandum on two new bridges across the Danube
Bulgaria and Romania are to sign a memorandum on beginning preparations for two new bridges over the Danube River, which
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Bulgarian Socialist Party to accept invitation to second-round talks with GERB on government
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will accept an invitation to second-round talks with election winner GERB on a future government,
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Sofia City Court refuses request to extradite Koblyakov from Bulgaria to Russia
Sofia City Court, in a ruling on October 10, refused a request to extradite Russian human rights anti-Putin activist from
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Bulgarian given suspended sentence for vote-buying
A man who was arrested a day after Bulgaria’s October 5 parliamentary elections for offering people 20 leva (about 10
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Bulgaria again lowest-ranked EU country in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index
Bulgaria has for the second consecutive year been placed 100th in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom index, again also
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Reserved responses among four parties invited to second-round talks on Bulgarian government
The announcement by Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov that four parties were to be invited to second-round talks
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Bulgarian government in 2013 was ‘second most hated’ in the world – Gallup poll
A survey by international pollsters Gallup has found that on a list of “partly free” countries, the Bulgarian government in
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