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Bulgarian PM sees ‘great potential’ in energy co-operation with Israel

February 25, 2016February 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have held talks on issues including potential co-operation in

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Bulgaria 

Probe into assassination threat against Bulgarian PM Borissov

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

Bulgaria’s security services are investigating after a threat to assassinate Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was received at the Cabinet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament calls for EU penalty proceedings against Greece over border blockade

February 19, 2016February 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece

Bulgaria’s National Assembly unanimously adopted a declaration on February 19 2016 condemning the Greek blockade of the two countries’ border

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s cities of Bourgas, Varna cancel procurement tenders at PM’s request

February 18, 2016February 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Varna

The list of public procurement tender cancellations in Bulgaria this week grew on February 18, when the country’s two port

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Visegrád Group calls for fast action to secure EU border

February 16, 2016 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Boiko Borissov, Czech Republic, Europe migrant crisis, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

How to handle the refugee crisis and in particular the Western Balkan route used by refugees entering Europe through Greece

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Europe 

Borissov: Strengthening control on Bulgarian-Greek, Macedonian-Greek borders will not lead to solution for Europe

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Strengthening the control on the Bulgarian-Greek and Greek-Republic of Macedonia borders will not lead to a solution for Europe but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s melodrama over education ministry drags on

January 31, 2016February 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

A few days after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov announced that he wanted the resignation of Todor Tanev as education

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Europe 

In Sofia, Hungarian PM Orbán slams EU on migration, ‘double standards’ on Bulgaria and Schengen

January 29, 2016February 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Hungary, Schengen

During a visit to Sofia, Hungarian prime minister Victor Orbán has sharply critised European Union policies on dealing with the

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Bulgaria 

Borissov and GERB leave Bulgaria guessing over presidential candidate

January 25, 2016January 26, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister and centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov is keeping the country guessing over who his party’s candidate

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