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Bulgarian PM: Air force commander lied in denying political ambitions

August 2, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has launched a scathing verbal attack on Air Force commander General Roumen Radev, who has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Avionams aircraft repair plant back in state hands

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, CCB affair, Nato, Poland, Russia

The Avionams aircraft repair plant in the southern Bulgarian town of Graf Ignatievo, privatised in 2008, is back in state

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria, Greece to put common position to EU on migration

August 1, 2016August 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy, Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Bulgaria and Greece are in full agreement on defence issues and will present a common position to the European Union

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s presidential election guessing game

August 1, 2016August 28, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev, Volen Siderov

The meaty hand at the end of the burly arm of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has quite the experience

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM promises more funds for restoration of Great Basilica at Pliska

July 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has promised that his government will provide further funds for the restoration of the Great

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov discusses migrant crisis with Merkel

July 29, 2016July 30, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has discussed the migrant crisis with Angela Merkel, with the German chancellor pledging support for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders send condolences after fatal terrorist attack in Munich

July 23, 2016July 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister and President have sent condolences to their German counterparts after the July 22 terrorist attack in Munich

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM calls for clear timetable for abolition of visas for Canada

July 22, 2016July 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has called for a clear timetable for Canada to abolish visa requirements for his country,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov to meet Erdoğan on August 24

July 22, 2016July 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 22 that he would meet Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on August

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