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Bulgarian government retracts approval of Istanbul Convention

March 7, 2018March 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet has retracted its approval of the Istanbul Convention and withdrawn its request to Parliament

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Borissov and Putin discuss meeting during Bulgaria’s EU Presidency

March 5, 2018March 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, energy, Russia

In a telephone conversation on March 5, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed meeting during

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Bulgaria 

Russian Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Bulgaria for Liberation Day hit by controversies

March 4, 2018March 6, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev, Russia

The visit by Russian Patriarch Kirill to Bulgaria for celebrations of the country’s 140th anniversary of liberation from Ottoman rule

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Bulgaria 

Juncker at Sofia meeting: ‘Even more convinced place of Western Balkans is in EU’

March 1, 2018March 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency

Speaking after co-hosting a summit of Western Balkans leaders in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on March 1, European Commission President Jean-Claude

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM, Iranian foreign minister Zarif discuss Middle East, co-operation on economic ties

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

In talks in Sofia on February 28, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms: ‘Prepare to govern’

February 28, 2018March 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the political party that is the fourth-largest in the current National Assembly, has added

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria taking active steps to achieve high economic growth, PM tells WTO chief

February 27, 2018February 28, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria is continuing to maintain economic and financial stability and is taking active steps to achieve high economic growth, Prime

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Financial commitments on road, rail and digital connectivity in Western Balkans to be announced on March 1

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov will host a March 1 2018 meeting in Sofia with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and leaders

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Bulgaria 

Political repercussions of sale of Bulgarian assets of CEZ continue

February 25, 2018February 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy, Kornelia Ninova

Political fallout from the deal to sell the Bulgarian assets of Czech energy company CEZ to Bulgarian firm Inercom is

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