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Special prosecutors investigating Mareshki for price dumping on fuel market

March 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General’s office confirmed on March 31 that Varna businessman and newly-elected MP, Volya leader Vesselin Mareshki, was under investigation

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GERB, United Patriots to meet again for coalition government talks next week

March 31, 2017April 2, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Volen Siderov

The three leaders of Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots met the leadership of Boiko Borissov’s GERB party for an hour on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian coalition government talks: United Patriots leaders arrive at GERB headquarters

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Volen Siderov

The three leaders of Bulgaria’s nationalist coalition, the United Patriots, were seen arriving at the headquarters of Boiko Borissov’s GERB

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Bulgaria 

GERB leader Borissov: Bulgaria will apply to join euro zone

March 31, 2017April 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, euro zone

Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party that won the largest share of seats in Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to begin accepting refugees from Turkey, caretaker cabinet decides – report

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgaria will begin accepting refugees from Turkey, the caretaker cabinet agreed in a decision not made public, a report on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev calls for formation of government of ‘national purpose and unity’

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said on March 30 that he hoped the government that would be formed

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Bulgaria 

Russian ambassador to Bulgaria congratulates GERB leader Borissov on election victory

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, energy, Russia, South Stream

The Russian ambassador in Sofia, Anatoliy Makarov, has written to centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov congratulating him on his

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors probe nationalists’ pre-election protests at Turkish border

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Acting on numerous complaints, the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office has begun an investigation into the “blockade” of the Turkish border mounted

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition government talks: Nationalists want ministerial posts but have ‘no extraordinary claims’

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition wants to have seats in a future GERB cabinet but is making no “extraordinary claims”

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