Bulgarian deputy PM’s verbal assault on Russian Patriarch sparks row in ‘United Patriots’
After Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and nationalist United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov hit out in a television interview against Russian
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Krassimir Karakachanov
Bulgarian nationalist co-leader Simeonov calls into question future of coalition
Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of the United Patriots nationalist coalition that is the minority partner in Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s
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Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ co-leader Valeri Simeonov admits tensions in nationalist coalition
Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of the United Patriots grouping of nationalist and far-right parties that is the minority partner in Bulgarian
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Bulgarian far-right leader hints at early elections if Istanbul Convention is adopted
Volen Siderov, leader of the parliamentary group of the nationalist United Patriots – minority partner in the Bulgarian government –
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Bulgarian Defence Minister: PM, Parliament back introducing paid voluntary military service
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and the majority in Parliament support the introduction of paid voluntary military service, Defence Minister
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Sole bidder in Bulgaria’s Navy patrol ships tender drops out
Bulgaria’s plans to build two new Navy patrol ships have suffered a setback on December 20, when Defence Minister Krassimir
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Defence Minister: Ranking procedure for new fighter aircraft to be completed by end of July 2018
Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry will send a formal invitation by the end of November 2017 to the bidders to supply the
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Bulgarian Defence Minister: Reports of mutiny by Air Force pilots exaggerated
Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov told a hastily-convened news conference on October 24 that reports that Air Force pilots had
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Mixed signals from Bulgarian Defence Ministry over reports fighter pilots refused training flights
The leadership of Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry went into damage control mode on October 24 following media reports that fighter pilots
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