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‘United Patriots’ block Bulgaria’s border with Turkey to bar vehicles carrying voters

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Supporters of Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition blocked border checkpoints with Turkey on the morning of March 21 in a

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Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 20

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Turkey

Monday March 20, the beginning of the final week of the election campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections, was

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Bulgarian President meets intelligence and security chiefs, Prosecutor-General over worsening relations with Turkey

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev, Turkey

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev called a special meeting on the afternoon of March 20 with several senior

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Bulgarian President Radev: Turkey’s interference in our elections is absolutely unacceptable

March 18, 2017March 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev, Turkey

It is a fact that Turkey is interfering in Bulgaria’s March parliamentary elections and this is absolutely unacceptable, head of

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Bulgaria to return its ambassador to Ankara within days – caretaker PM

March 17, 2017March 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Nadezhda Neynsky, Bulgaria’s ambassador to Turkey who was recalled to Sofia for consultations on March 16, will return to the

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Turkey continues to loom large in concerns about Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections

March 17, 2017March 20, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Amid continuing controversy over concerns about interference by Turkey in Bulgaria’s March 26 early parliamentary elections, caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan

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Bulgaria recalls its ambassador to Turkey for consultations amid controversy over elections

March 16, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on March 16 that it was recalling its ambassador in Ankara, Nadezhda Neynsky, for consultations. The

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Caretaker PM: Cabinet will nominate European Commissioner if no government within 10 days after elections

March 16, 2017March 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, European Commission, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov says that his administration will nominate the country’s next European Commissioner if no stable

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Bulgarian election commission orders halt to distribution of book attacking Ivanov’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ and New Republic

March 16, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Delyan Peevski, Peevski protests

The Central Election Commission has ordered an end to the distribution of a book distributed free with a newspaper, directed

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