Bulgarian President calls for reforms to strengthen the media environment
Bulgarians deserve to be reliably informed and know who is behind the media, who owns and finances them, to be
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Rossen Plevneliev
Bulgaria’s newly-elected Parliament to hold first sitting on October 27
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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Bulgarian defence minister: ‘Catastrophic consequences’ unless country rids itself of old Russian military equipment
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
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
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
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 condemns Russia’s violation of international law in Ukraine, President Plevneliev tells UN
Bulgaria does not recognise the illegal annexation of and referendum in Crimea, and condemns the Russian Federation for violating international
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Xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated, Plevneliev says
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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Bulgarian President: Climate change not an illusion, requires global response
Climate change is not an illusion, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev told the UN Climate Summit 2014, citing the series of
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