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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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB leader Borissov: Never has the situation in the Balkans been so ‘pre-war’

March 15, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Macedonia, Turkey

Never has the situation in the Balkans been so “pre-war”, GERB leader Boiko Borissov told an election meeting on March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian election commission bans showing of Mestan’s DOST video because of Turkish sub-titles

March 13, 2017March 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has banned the showing of an election campaign video by Lyutvi Mestan’s DOST party because

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker PM says he hopes tensions with Turkey do not lead to cutting diplomatic relations

March 10, 2017March 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov has acknowledged his country’s tensions with Turkey but said that he hoped that these

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Turkey hits back at Bulgaria over elections controversy

March 9, 2017March 11, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Turkey does not interfere in the internal affairs of any state, the foreign ministry in Ankara said in response to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria summons Turkish ambassador over Ankara’s interference in parliamentary elections

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Turkey’s ambassador in Sofia Süleyman Gökçe was summoned to Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry on March 7 after Turkish cabinet minister Mehmet

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Bulgaria 

Controversy over claims of Turkish role in Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections

March 6, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan

Controversy is growing over reports of the roles of Turkish officials in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, including

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 parliamentary elections: Battles for the cities shape up

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Volen Siderov

With the deadline for political parties and coalitions competing in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections having passed, the

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