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Bulgarian caretaker PM says he hopes tensions with Turkey do not lead to cutting diplomatic relations

March 10, 2017March 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov has acknowledged his country’s tensions with Turkey but said that he hoped that these

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Almost all political parties in Bulgaria’s March elections have candidates who worked for communist-era secret services

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Dossier Commission

An announcement by Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission on March 9 showed that almost all parties and coalitions in the country’s early

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Turkey hits back at Bulgaria over elections controversy

March 9, 2017March 11, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Turkey does not interfere in the internal affairs of any state, the foreign ministry in Ankara said in response to

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Bulgaria elections 2017: Energy and water regulator chief takes vow of silence

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, energy

The head of Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission said on March 9 that he would make no public statements

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Borissov: Bulgaria’s new Parliament will be under pressure over referendum results

March 9, 2017March 10, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The National Assembly being elected on March 26 will be under great pressure because of the results of the 2016

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General Andrei Botsev takes office as Bulgaria’s latest Defence Chief

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s former land forces commander Andrei Botsev took office on March 8 as Defence Chief – the third officer to

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Bulgaria summons Turkish ambassador over Ankara’s interference in parliamentary elections

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Turkey’s ambassador in Sofia Süleyman Gökçe was summoned to Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry on March 7 after Turkish cabinet minister Mehmet

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Ninova: Bulgarian Socialist Party will try to form government whether or not it gets the most votes

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

The Bulgarian Socialist Party will attempt to form a government after the March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections whether or

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Bulgarian political parties spent more than a million leva on media advertising in first 10 days of election campaign – study

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

Ten days after the start of the official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 parliamentary elections, political parties

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