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Bulgarian President reiterates need for dialogue in address to Parliament

October 27, 2014October 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

In his first address to the newly-elected 43rd National Assembly on October 27, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev outlined the major

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Bulgarian President calls for reforms to strengthen the media environment

October 20, 2014October 20, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Media, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarians deserve to be reliably informed and know who is behind the media, who owns and finances them, to be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s newly-elected Parliament to hold first sitting on October 27

October 15, 2014October 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s newly-elected Parliament, the 43rd National Assembly, will hold its first sitting on Monday October 27 at 2pm, head of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian defence minister: ‘Catastrophic consequences’ unless country rids itself of old Russian military equipment

October 14, 2014October 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

There will be “catastrophic consequences” for Bulgaria’s armed forces if they are not weaned soon from reliance on old Russian

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Bulgaria, Russia embroiled in new diplomatic spat

October 10, 2014October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

For the second time in the space of one week, officials in Sofia and Moscow exchanged harsh words, after Russia’s

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President confers Bulgaria’s highest honour on former French and German ambassadors

October 1, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev conferred the country’s highest honour, the Stara Planina First Class, on France’s former ambassador in Sofia

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Bulgarian President: EU should have integrated approach to issues that cause refugee wave

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Syrian refugees

The European Union should address the issues that are causing waves of refugees, the heads of state of nine EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria condemns Russia’s violation of international law in Ukraine, President Plevneliev tells UN

September 26, 2014September 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff floods, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria does not recognise the illegal annexation of and referendum in Crimea, and condemns the Russian Federation for violating international

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Bulgaria 

Xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated, Plevneliev says

September 24, 2014March 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Bulgarian Jews, Rossen Plevneliev

Expressions of xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated and it is unacceptable for political parties in European Union

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