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Bulgarian Labour and Social Policy Minister Bisser Petkov resigns

June 11, 2018June 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov accepted on June 11 the resignation of Bisser Petkov as Minister of Labour and Social

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Bulgaria 

Energy issues expected to dominate Putin-Borissov meeting in Moscow

May 30, 2018June 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was expected to lobby for direct Russian natural gas deliveries to the planned Balkan gas

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Bulgaria 

Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Ukraine unveil memorial to Dimitar Peshev in Kyiv

May 27, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Ukraine

At a ceremony on May 27, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Groysman opened a square

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Bulgaria 

Borissov meets Poroshenko: ‘Ukraine has an important place in the foreign policy priorities of Bulgaria’

May 26, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Ukraine

Ukraine has an important place among the foreign policy priorities of Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told President Petro Poroshenko

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov invites Pope Francis to visit Bulgaria

May 25, 2018May 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The Vatican is prepared to consider a visit by Pope Francis to Bulgaria, Romania and perhaps a country from the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian FM: Sofia may allow Skopje to use its diplomatic representations abroad

May 25, 2018May 27, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Meeting in Rome, the Prime Ministers from Sofia and Skopje have discussed the possibility of Bulgaria allowing the former Yugoslav

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Bulgaria 

A first as Bulgarian, Macedonian PMs jointly celebrate May 24 in Rome

May 24, 2018May 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

For the first time, the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia are jointly celebrating in Rome as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian and Greek PMs: Sofia May 2018 summit ‘will provide energy for development of region’

May 7, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian EU Presidency, Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has confirmed his participation in the summit to be held in Bulgarian capital city Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria holds largest Armed Forces Day parade in several years

May 6, 2018May 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Roumen Radev

Tanks rumbled, aircraft thundered and cannon sounded on May 6 2018 as Bulgaria held its traditional Armed Forces Day parade

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