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Bulgarian President Plevneliev announces he will not stand for re-election

May 20, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on May 20 2016 that he would not stand for re-election in the country’s autumn

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Controversy continues over law on Bulgarians voting abroad

May 19, 2016May 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

A day after President Rossen Plevneliev announced a constitutional court challenge to a controversial new law on the system for

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Plevneliev to take election law amendments to Constitutional Court

May 18, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Condemning the National Assembly’s rejection of his veto of election law amendments on voting abroad as “the latest occasion that

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Bulgarian President, Pope discuss Europe’s refugee crisis

May 16, 2016May 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Roman Catholic church head Pope Francis received Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev in audience at the Vatican on May 16, with

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Opposition party’s call for second term for Plevneliev causes stir

May 14, 2016May 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The appeal by Bulgarian opposition party the Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria for all of the country’s right-wing and pro-European

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Bulgaria’s election law drama continues after presidential veto

May 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on May 8 that he believed that President Rossen Plevneliev was correct to veto

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President Plevneliev vetoes electoral law on Bulgarians voting abroad

May 7, 2016May 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has vetoed amendments to the Electoral Code that cut back the voting rights of Bulgarians abroad.

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Plevneliev to announce decision on veto of election law within days

May 2, 2016May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev told reporters on May 2 that he would within a few days announce his decision on

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Plevneliev: ‘The next big idea could be born anywhere in Bulgaria’

April 19, 2016April 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria today is the centre of an actively developing innovation ecosystem and is a leader in a region with a

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