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Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister disappointed by ‘hysterical, falsetto noise’ about Bokova UNSG bid

February 10, 2016February 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov says that he is disappointed by the “hysterical, falsetto noise” on the topic of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria officially nominates Bokova as its candidate to be UN Secretary-General

February 9, 2016February 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has sent the United Nations a formal letter nominating Irina Bokova as the country’s candidate to be

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Bulgaria 

EU Commissioner Georgieva drops out of unofficial race to be Bulgaria’s nominee for UN chief

February 8, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva, European Commission vice-president for the EU budget and human resources, appears to have dropped out of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister asks security agency to investigate leak of cable about Bokova

January 26, 2016February 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has asked the State Agency for National Security to investigate the leaking to the media

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Bulgaria 

Minority party threatens to back out of Bulgarian coalition government unless Bokova named UNSG candidate

January 14, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Irina Bokova

Georgi Purvanov, leader of minority socialist breakaway party ABC, has threatened to withdraw from his party’s deal to support Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to announce candidate for UN Secretary General ‘at moment most favourable for success’

January 5, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

The Bulgarian Government will announce its candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General at the moment at which conditions

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Bulgaria 

Bokova could be nominated as Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, rather than UN Secretary General – report

June 13, 2014February 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Against a background of political turbulence in Bulgaria and the question mark over how long the current government will last,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM nominates UNESCO chief Bokova to be next UN Secretary General – report

June 12, 2014February 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Plamen Oresharski, prime minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet seen as in its closing days as the country awaits

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bokova wins second term as UNESCO director-general

November 12, 2013February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

Bulgarian Irina Bokova was elected to a second term as head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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