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Bulgaria’s PM hands dossier to prosecutors, expects them to ‘start doing their job’

February 9, 2022February 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov emerged from a two-hour meeting with prosecutors on February 9, at which he presented them

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Bulgaria 

Visiting Belgrade, Bulgarian PM promotes idea of regional single gas market

February 8, 2022February 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Kiril Petkov, Serbia

There is great potential to create a single gas trade market involving Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia and Greece, Bulgarian Prime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Justice Minister to seek dismissal of Geshev as Prosecutor-General

February 8, 2022February 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Nadezhda Yordanova told a news conference on February 8 that she would ask the Supreme Judicial

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM has questions of his own for Prosecutor-General on high-profile cases

February 7, 2022February 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on February 7 that he was “delighted” to accept an invitation from the Prosecutor-General’s

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Bulgaria 

Geshev wants Bulgaria’s PM questioned over his allegations of those behind graft

February 7, 2022February 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev, facing calls from the ruling majority to step down, has arranged for the Prime Minister and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM in talks with Nato chief on Russian troop build-up on Ukraine’s border

February 2, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov discussed the continuing build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine in a video

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Bulgaria 

Row erupts over Bulgarian capital’s spending on street lighting

January 30, 2022February 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Kiril Petkov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova are ordering investigations into allegations that the Bulgarian capital city’s

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Bulgaria 

PM Petkov: Main risk to Bulgaria from a conflict in Ukraine is in energy sector

January 26, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

The main risk to Bulgaria from a military conflict in Ukraine is in the energy sector, in particular the gas

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: No decision yet on Nato deployment over Russia-Ukraine crisis

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

There is no build-up of Nato forces in Bulgaria and the government has not yet decided on the deployment of

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