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Bulgarian President Plevneliev: Canonisation of Popes ‘special day for believers’

April 27, 2014April 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The April 27 canonisation of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII was a special day for believers around the

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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: President calls for ‘constructive and tolerant debate’

April 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

In a speech to the nation to mark the April 25 official start of the European Parliament election campaign period

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Bulgaria 

President meets Bulgarian church Patriarch ahead of trip to Rome for canonisation of Popes

April 25, 2014April 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Rossen Plevneliev

President Rossen Plevneliev has held talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit ahead of the head of state’s trip to

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Ukraine crisis: Bulgarian security chiefs meet as concern deepens

April 17, 2014April 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Kristian Vigenin, Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

A special meeting of Bulgaria’s national staff of security chiefs and senior government officials has been called to discuss the

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Bulgarian MPs overturn presidential veto on Audit Office bill

April 15, 2014April 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Parliament voted on April 15 to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto on the amendments to the law regulating the

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Bulgarian President vetoes amendments imposing limits on foreigners buying land

April 14, 2014April 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on April 14 that he vetoed the amendments to the Agricultural Land Ownership and Use

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Fogh Rasmussen: Bulgaria stronger in Nato and Nato stronger with Bulgaria

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

The Nato allies must stop the decline of defence budgets and start reversing the trend, Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh

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Bulgaria 

Nato chief’s visit to Bulgaria: A selfie, a Stara Planina and a hammer and sickle

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a tweet from Sofia during an April 11 visit that the current

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Bulgarian President vetoes Audit Office amendments bill

April 9, 2014April 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on April 9 that he vetoed the amendments to the law regulating the activity of

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