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Bulgarian PM congratulates Boris Johnson on winning Tory leadership contest

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Brexit

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has congratulated Boris Johnson on his election to the post of Prime Minister of the

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Borissov positions his party for Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 municipal elections

July 7, 2019July 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

At a national meeting of his centre-right GERB party on July 7, leader and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov sought to

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Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from Stanishev calling Borissov ‘a statesman’

July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

The executive bureau of the Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from the comment by Party of European Socialists leader Sergei

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EU leaders suggest Bulgaria’s Stanishev, Germany’s Weber as successive EP presidents – reports

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

European Union leaders are informally suggesting that Party of European Socialists leader and Bulgarian MEP Sergei Stanishev be elected for

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Bulgarian PM among EU leaders in talks amid grappling over top jobs

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was among EU leaders caught up in complex negotiations on July 2, the third day

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Bulgarian PM: Decision by end of July on cutting state subsidies for political parties

June 25, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

A decision will be taken by the end of July on how much to reduce state subsidies for political parties,

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Bulgarian PM: US wants 2.2BN leva for F-16 fighter jets

June 20, 2019June 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The United States has proposed that Bulgaria pay 2.2 billion leva (about 1.12 billion euro) for the package of eight

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov speaks on case of Plovdiv teenager terrorism suspect

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plovdiv

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov commented on June 12 on the case of the Plovdiv 16-year-old alleged to have been

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Bulgarian PM tables bill to cut state subsidies for political parties to lev per vote

June 6, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government has tabled in the National Assembly a bill that, if approved, would cut state

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