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Bulgaria’s former president Rossen Plevneliev sharply criticises successor Roumen Radev

April 21, 2017April 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s former head of state, Rossen Plevneliev, has for the second time this month sharply criticised his successor, incumbent President

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Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 20

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Turkey

Monday March 20, the beginning of the final week of the election campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections, was

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Bulgaria’s ex-president Plevneliev not optimistic about formation of government after elections

March 1, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s former president, Rossen Plevneliev, has become the latest to express pessimism about the prospects of the swift formation of

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Bulgarian President Radev steps into domestic political row over Nato and the Black Sea

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

In a late-night post on Facebook, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has stepped into a domestic pre-election political

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Bulgaria’s new President Radev congratulates Trump on inauguration

January 25, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Three days after his own inauguration as Bulgaria’s new President, head of state Roumen Radev congratulated Donald Trump on his

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Roumen Radev inaugurated as Bulgaria’s fifth president

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Amid military ceremonies and with the attendance of top state and government officials – and amid sub-zero temperatures – Roumen

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Bulgaria 

Radev says he will appoint ‘experts’ to Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet

January 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Roumen Radev, taking office as Bulgaria’s President on January 22, said that he would appoint “experts” to the caretaker cabinet

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Bulgaria’s Borissov sees similarities to his own policies in Trump’s speech

January 21, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s outgoing prime minister Boiko Borissov said on January 21 that he saw similarities to his own policies in the

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Bulgaria announces security measures for presidential inauguration, including asking media not to use drones

January 20, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Media covering the January 22 2017 inauguration of Roumen Radev as Bulgaria’s fifth president have been asked not to use

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