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Bulgarian prosecutors start pre-trial proceedings over ‘migrant hunters’

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Prosecutors in the Bulgarian border town of Malko Turnovo have started pre-trial proceedings in connection with unlawful detention of foreign

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Bulgaria 

Refugee crisis: Bulgaria sending further 300 military to border

April 11, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Bulgaria is to deploy a further 300 military personnel to its borders to control the flow of refugees, Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgaria can protect its borders – even without Nato

April 10, 2016April 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Europe migrant crisis

Observing a maritime exercise off Bourgas on April 10, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov boasted that his country’s military and

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Opening of new high-tech plant near Plovdiv creates 1200 jobs

April 8, 2016April 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plovdiv

More than 1200 jobs will be created in a new high-tech plant near Plovdiv, an investment of $40 million by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government has 30% approval rating – poll

April 4, 2016April 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Rossen Plevneliev

The Bulgarian government has an approval rating of 30 per cent, down from 31 per cent a year ago, according

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB still strongest party, but sheds support – poll

April 4, 2016April 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party remains by far the country’s strongest, but has lost support over the

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Bulgaria 

Europe migrant crisis: Main threat to Bulgaria from Greek, not Turkish, border – PM Borissov

March 25, 2016March 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told Parliament on March 25 that he does not expect a massive influx of migrants

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Bulgaria 

US embassy Sofia ‘possible threat’ Facebook post irks Bulgarian PM

March 24, 2016March 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has publicly criticised the United States embassy in Sofia for posting an alert on Facebook

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: ‘Europeans need to show world terrorism will not destroy our civilisation’

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

Today more than ever, all Europeans need to show the world that they will not let terrorism destroy our civilisation,

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