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Bulgarian Orthodox Church head in Plovdiv orders bells to peal in honour of PM, government

October 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s head in Plovdiv, Metropolitan Nikolai, has ordered bells in the diocese to peal in honour of

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Bulgarian PM Borissov says he will resign if his party’s presidential candidate loses first round

October 3, 2016October 5, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 3 that he and his government would resign on November 6 if

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria presidential race: Rivals like GERB candidate for all the wrong reasons

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria now knows who will be the largest political party’s candidate in the November 2016 presidential elections, and the nomination

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgaria to pull military out of Afghanistan if Brussels summit produces no solution

October 2, 2016October 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 2 that he will propose to the National Assembly that his country

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Bulgarian government nominates Kristalina Georgieva to be UN Secretary-General

September 28, 2016September 29, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

The Bulgarian government is nominating its European Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva for the post of United Nations Secretary-General, Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Exacta poll: Borissov’s GERB has 25.4% support among Bulgarians

September 27, 2016September 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kristalina Georgieva

A month before the start of the official campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research poll: Borissov remains Bulgaria’s most-approved political party leader

September 21, 2016September 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister and centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov remains the political party leader with the highest approval rating,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM slams Russian MP’s ‘I’ll buy Bulgaria’ comment

September 20, 2016September 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has sharply condemned a comment by Russian MP Pyotr Tolstoy who said that he would “will

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Bulgaria 

Borissov in Bratislava: Bulgaria needs concrete support for border security

September 16, 2016September 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov showed German chancellor Angela Merkel a map as they held a brief conversation in Bratislava,

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