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Bulgarian PM holds talks with counterparts from Belgrade, Skopje

November 5, 2016November 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, energy, Macedonia, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov met with his counterpart from Belgrade, Aleksandar Vučić, and Skopje, Emil Dimitriev, during the annual

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: President Plevneliev will not be candidate to replace Georgieva as European Commissioner

October 29, 2016November 1, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 29 that incumbent head of state President Rossen Plevneliev will not be

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Bulgarian PM orders investigation into all privatisations of past 25 years

October 26, 2016October 28, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told a Cabinet meeting on October 26 that he had asked the Interior Ministry and

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Bulgarian PM says will back sanctions on Russia if hostilities in Aleppo continue

October 20, 2016October 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia, Syria

Bulgaria would favour EU sanctions against Russia if hostilities in Aleppo continue, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 20

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Bulgarian coalition government ‘intact’ after PM holds emergency talks with RB, PF

October 17, 2016October 20, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

After a 90-minute emergency meeting on the evening of October 17, the partners in Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s governing

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Will Bulgaria’s presidential elections lead to early parliamentary elections?

October 17, 2016October 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Political parties participating in a coalition government experience give-and-take. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, amid the stoked-up temperature of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2016: The wrap of the week that was, October 16

October 16, 2016October 18, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Perhaps Bulgaria’s lawmakers, who have made amending the Electoral Code something of a hobby, should in future write their revisions

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2016 elections: Constitutional Court challenge over polling stations abroad

October 16, 2016October 18, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Maya Manolova will lodge a challenge in the Constitutional Court on October 17 to the Electoral Code provision

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Bulgaria 

Day of drama as Bulgarian PM Borissov confronts coalition government partners

October 14, 2016October 17, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov called an emergency meeting of his Cabinet and leaders of parties participating in the government,

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