Bulgarian Defence Ministry official pictured with Hitler salute keeps job – for now
Bulgarian Defence Minister and nationalist United Patriots co-leader Krassimir Karakachanov said on May 19 that no decision had been taken
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Nationalists in Bulgarian government mean rocky first fortnight for third Borissov cabinet
Bulgaria’s National Assembly is hardly ever a place free of acrimonious exchanges, but May 2017 is seeing ever more bitter
Read moreBulgaria’s Shalom organisation of Jews, on Simeonov and Nazi salutes scandal: ‘Joking about the Holocaust is inappropriate’
Two Bulgarian Jewish organisations jointly have strongly condemned the statements and inappropriate comments by Valeri Simeonov, deputy prime minister and
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Bulgarian PM Borissov orders Defence Ministry official fired over Hitler salute photo
In the second controversy to hit the Bulgarian government over a photo involving a Hitler salute, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov
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Bulgarian PM Borissov on ‘Nazi salute’ photo scandal: ‘It’s human while on business trips to make such jokes’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, who accepted the resignation of a deputy minister who became notorious for a photograph of
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Bulgarian ‘Nazi salute’ deputy minister resigns after two days in office
Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Regional Development Pavel Tenev resigned on May 17, two days after his appointment, after a furore
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EC President Juncker proposes Digital Economy and Society portfolio for Bulgaria’s European Commission nominee Maria Gabriel
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is proposing to allocate the Digital Economy and Society portfolio to Mariaa Gabriel, the candidate
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Bulgaria’s largest party tables bill to introduce majoritarian system for electing Parliament
GERB, the largest party in the National Assembly and the majority partner in Boiko Borissov’s coalition government, tabled on May
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Bulgarian opposition parties accept Maria Gabriel’s nomination as European Commissioner, but with brickbats for GERB
Not without complaints and criticism of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government, the two opposition parties in the National Assembly
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