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Bulgaria’s Alpha Research: Election now likely to produce stalemate in Parliament similar to 2013

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

A Bulgarian parliamentary election now would be likely to produce a situation similar to that in 2013, a stalemate in

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EC report on Bulgaria’s performance against graft and organised crime ‘objective’

January 25, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, judiciary

Reciting a description heard repeatedly over the past 10 years, both government and opposition figures in Bulgaria described a European

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Bulgaria’s outgoing PM Borissov wishes caretaker cabinet success

January 25, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

At the January 25 2017 final meeting of his current government, Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister Boiko Borissov thanked the ministers

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Bulgaria 

Roumen Radev inaugurated as Bulgaria’s fifth president

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Amid military ceremonies and with the attendance of top state and government officials – and amid sub-zero temperatures – Roumen

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Bulgaria 

Radev says he will appoint ‘experts’ to Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Roumen Radev, taking office as Bulgaria’s President on January 22, said that he would appoint “experts” to the caretaker cabinet

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Borissov’s GERB blames fake news on Facebook for Bulgarian presidential election defeat

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

More than two months after the defeat of Boiko Borissov’s GERB in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections, an analysis by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Borissov sees similarities to his own policies in Trump’s speech

January 21, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s outgoing prime minister Boiko Borissov said on January 21 that he saw similarities to his own policies in the

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Bulgaria 

Ahead of parliamentary election, Bulgarian socialist leader pledges to forge closer relations with Russia

January 20, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

With more than two months to go before Bulgaria holds early parliamentary elections, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s president-elect Radev takes oath of office in National Assembly

January 19, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Roumen Radev took the oath of office as Bulgaria’s president in the National Assembly in Sofia on January 19 2017, with

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