Bulgaria: GERB-UDF to ‘give up’ bid to form government
In a moment of melodrama at a late-night news conference on March 17, GERB-UDF’s chief negotiator on a possible new
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Noon against Putin: Protests outside Russian embassy in Bulgaria’s capital against ‘election’
Hundreds of Russian citizens queued up at noon in front of the Russian embassy in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on March
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit buried at St Nedelya church after funeral procession
Senior Bulgarian Orthodox Church and other clergy, state and government leaders, a military band and large numbers of lay people
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Funeral of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit
The funeral of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit was held in Alexander Nevsky cathedral in capital city Sofia on March
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Bulgaria: Mob of alleged Vuzrazhdane supporters hurls antisemitic insults at Jewish MP
In an incident on March 14, a mob – alleged to be supporters of pro-Russian minority party Vuzrazhdane – trapped
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Bulgaria: Handover of mandate to bid to form government postponed because of church Patriarch’s death
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has postponed the handover ceremony of the first mandate to seek to form a government, which
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Late Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit’s funeral to be on March 16
A service in memory of late Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit will be held on March 15 at 9am in
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Head of Roman Catholic Church in Bulgaria sends condolences on death of Patriarch Neofit
The head of the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church in Bulgaria, Bishop Hristo Proykov, expressed condolences in a message
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Tributes stream in for late Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit
Tributes have been streaming in for late Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit after the church’s governing body, the Holy Synod,
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