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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry chief secretary, security agency head resign – reports

March 6, 2015March 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Interior Ministry chief secretary Svetozar Lazarov has resigned, several Bulgarian media said on March 6, the day that Prime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM names Buchvarova new Interior Minister, wants SANS chief and Interior Ministry chief secretary to quit

March 5, 2015March 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on March 5 that he was nominating Deputy Prime Minister Roumyana Buchvarova to become

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Bulgaria 

Protest and poser after Bulgarian Interior Minister submits resignation

March 5, 2015March 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

The political drama over the resignation of Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Vesselin Vuchkov continued on March 5 as the formal tabling

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov furious at timing of Interior Minister’s resignation

March 4, 2015March 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed fury at the timing of Vesselin Vuchkov’s resignation as Interior Minister, the same

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Bulgaria 

FBI chief Comey: I am convinced our ties with Bulgaria will be stronger

March 4, 2015March 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

FBI director James Comey has described his visit to Sofia as important because his agency and Bulgaria work together in

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Resignation of Bulgaria’s Interior Minister sends political shockwaves

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The resignation of Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Vesselin Vuchkov at a March 4 cabinet meeting sent political shockwaves, with senior figures

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Interior Minister resigns

March 4, 2015March 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Interior Minister Vesselin Vuchkov submitted his resignation at a March 4 cabinet meeting after his proposal to change the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General defends probe into Protest Network activists

February 27, 2015March 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Media, Peevski protests

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has sought to defend the investigation, including a tax probe, into four activists from the Protest

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Borissov government keeps ringing the changes in top posts

February 27, 2015March 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s centre-right coalition cabinet is continuing the process of personnel changes in top posts, this time appointing a new head

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