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Three days after his own inauguration as Bulgaria’s new President, head of state Roumen Radev congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as US president. A statement by President Radev’s office […]
Amid military ceremonies and with the attendance of top state and government officials – and amid sub-zero temperatures – Roumen Radev was inaugurated on January 22 2017 as Bulgaria’s fifth […]
Roumen Radev, taking office as Bulgaria’s President on January 22, said that he would appoint “experts” to the caretaker cabinet that will run the country pending early parliamentary elections. Speaking […]
Bulgaria’s outgoing prime minister Boiko Borissov said on January 21 that he saw similarities to his own policies in the speech delivered in Washington by Donald Trump the day before. […]
Media covering the January 22 2017 inauguration of Roumen Radev as Bulgaria’s fifth president have been asked not to use drones, for the sake of public safety. The Interior Ministry […]
With more than two months to go before Bulgaria holds early parliamentary elections, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has pledged to work to forge closer relations with […]
Roumen Radev took the oath of office as Bulgaria’s president in the National Assembly in Sofia on January 19 2017, with his formal inauguration as head of state scheduled for Sunday. […]
At a lengthy valedictory news conference on January 18, outgoing Bulgarian president Rossen Plevneliev reiterated his stance distinguishing between Russia’s regime and its people, shared his expectations about his successor […]
Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law with announcing the identities of those in public life who worked for the country’s communist-era secret services, has disclosed the names of […]
Bulgaria’s outgoing head of state, President Rossen Plevneliev, is among 17 European leaders who are signatories to a letter to US president-elect Donald Trump urging him not to make a […]
