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PM Borissov: Bokova remains Bulgaria’s candidate UN Secretary-General

September 13, 2016September 15, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Irina Bokova remains Bulgaria’s candidate to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on September

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Bulgaria World 

Russia summons Bulgarian ambassador over UN Secretary-General candidacy

September 12, 2016September 14, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov summoned Bulgarian ambassador Boiko Kotsev for talks on September 12, with the two discussing “some

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Bulgaria World 

Clarity awaited in Bulgaria’s Bokova – Georgieva UN chief nomination drama

September 12, 2016September 14, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Two days after reports that Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva would emerge as a candidate to be the next United

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Bulgaria World 

Possible Georgieva UN candidacy irks Russia, Bokova camp

September 11, 2016September 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

The possibility that Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva will be named as a candidate United Nations Secretary-General has led to

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Bulgaria World 

UN Secretary-General race: Kristalina Georgieva to be nominated – reports

September 10, 2016September 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian European Commission vice-president Kristalina Georgieva is to be a late entry into the race to succeed UN Secretary-General Ban

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Bulgaria World 

Portugal’s Guterres front-runner in race for next UN chief

September 9, 2016September 12, 2016 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Irina Bokova

The lengthy process to select a new U.N. chief took another step forward Friday, as former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio

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Bulgaria Videos 

Bulgaria Now podcast: Contempt for the electorate? The presidential and UN races

September 7, 2016September 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Bulgaria Now Podcast, Irina Bokova, Lance Nelson, podcast

September 6 marked two months until Bulgaria’s presidential elections, but with the electorate still in the dark about who most

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Bulgaria World 

Portugal’s Guterres holds lead in third ‘straw poll’ to be next UN Secretary-General

August 29, 2016August 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

Antonio Guterres, formerly Portugal’s prime minister and a former head of the UN High Commission for Refugees, scored a hat

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Europe 

Montenegro’s Luksic quits UN Secretary-General race

August 24, 2016August 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova, Montenegro

Montenegro’s foreign minister Igor Luksic has withdrawn from the race to be the United Nations’ next Secretary-General, saying that he

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