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Bulgaria’s Parliament to vote on cabinet changes on June 20

June 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

It may seem like a definitive case of rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, but changes to Bulgaria’s cabinet will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM offers little clarity on South Stream status

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Plamen Oresharski, South Stream

The future of the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria remains muddled, with parliamentary hearings of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and

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Bulgaria 

Government will not fall today, Stanishev says after vote of no confidence defeated

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on June 13 to reject a motion of no confidence by centre-right opposition GERB, in a

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Bulgaria 

Unlucky for some: Bulgaria’s cabinet likely to survive Friday 13th vote

June 11, 2014June 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plamen Oresharski

The morning of June 13 is to see the National Assembly vote on the motion of no confidence in the

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Bulgaria 

Ataka leader Siderov breaks silence to hint at support for no-confidence vote

June 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Volen Siderov

In his first remarks to reporters in Sofia since his party was vanquished in Bulgaria’s May 25 European Parliament elections,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party does not give Stanishev his way on elections in July

June 11, 2014June 12, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

Apart from the logistical improbability of Bulgaria holding ahead-of-term national parliamentary elections in July, Bulgarian Socialist Party chiefs did not

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Bulgaria 

GERB offers deal on no-confidence vote as government limps towards its end

June 10, 2014June 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

On the afternoon that Plamen Oresharski, entering his final stages as prime minister, left the Positano Street headquarters of the

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Bulgaria 

South Stream suspension ‘surprises’ Bulgarian Socialist Party

June 9, 2014June 11, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer energy, Plamen Oresharski

Compounding the misery of the Bulgarian Socialist Party after the thrashing dealt out to it in the European Parliament elections

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms calls for early parliamentary elections by end of 2014

June 5, 2014June 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) believes that early parliamentary elections should be held by the end of 2014,

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