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Bulgaria election rules referendum petition falls short – report

May 16, 2014May 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The petition for a referendum on electoral rules in Bulgaria fell short of the 500 000 signatures needed to put

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Bulgaria 

Former constitutional judge: Committee investigating President Plevneliev is unconstitutional

May 14, 2014May 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Rossen Plevneliev

A former judge in Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has become the latest expert to say that the parliamentary committee set up

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Europe 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev: Donetsk, Luhansk referendums illegal

May 13, 2014May 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

The “referenda” held in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are a breach of  international law and of Ukraine’s constitution and

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev will not appear before parliamentary committee on meeting with EVN

May 11, 2014May 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said that he would not appear before a special parliamentary committee set up to investigate his

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev and Gauck: EU must loudly speak out on Ukrainian crisis

May 9, 2014May 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck agree that the European Union must loudly voice its opinion

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling axis votes parliamentary committee on contacts between Plevneliev and power companies

May 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

With the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms backing far-right ultra-nationalists Ataka, a parliamentary committee has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls for ‘more Europe’, gradual increase in defence spending

May 6, 2014May 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called for a gradual increase in coming years to meet the country’s commitments to Nato

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria calls for full investigation into deaths in Odessa, calls on Kyiv to ensure order

May 3, 2014May 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Kristian Vigenin, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Sergei Stanishev, Ukraine

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has called for a full investigation into the deaths in clashes in the Ukrainian city

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs overturn presidential veto on bill imposing limits on foreigners buying land

April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Parliament voted on April 29 to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto on the amendments to the Agricultural Land Ownership

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