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Approval ratings of Bulgaria’s courts, prosecution plummet – poll

March 7, 2016March 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, judiciary, Rossen Plevneliev

The approval ratings of several of Bulgaria’s institutions, including the country’s courts, prosecution office and Parliament all have plummeted in

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Bulgaria steps up security at strategic sites around the country

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Armed security forces were deployed around various strategic sites in Bulgaria on March 4 as the country stepped up security

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Bulgaria 

Europe migrant crisis: Bulgaria set for joint police-military training border control exercise on March 5

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Columns of Bulgarian military vehicles headed along Struma Motorway towards the region near the Kulata border checkpoint ahead of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parliamentary committee on Russian, Turkish interference in politics set for stillbirth

March 2, 2016March 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Russia, Turkey

The first meeting of Bulgaria’s parliamentary special committee to examine allegations of interference by Turkey and Russia in the country’s

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Bulgarian PM orders interior, defence ministers to organise joint exercise at borders facing migration pressure

March 2, 2016March 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has instructed the ministers of interior and of defence to organise joint exercises in border

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM joins controversy over parliamentary committee on interference by Russia and Turkey in politics

February 28, 2016March 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Russia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has joined the controversy over Parliament’s decision to set up an ad hoc committee to

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Bulgaria 

Greek-Bulgarian border blockade: Bulgarian PM threatens ‘serious steps’

February 27, 2016February 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Greece

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov visited the Bulgarian – Greek border on February 27, crossing it to speak to Greek

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM tells Parliament of his frustration with Greek border blockade

February 26, 2016February 28, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told the National Assembly of his frustration with the Greek border blockade, describing it

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Bulgaria 

Open and shut case: Bulgarian – Greek border blockade saga continues

February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Greece

All border checkpoints between Bulgaria and Greece were open on the morning of February 26 2016, according to a Bulgarian

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