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Bulgarian President Plevneliev received in audience by Queen Elizabeth

March 18, 2014March 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev held talks with Queen Elizabeth II during his official visit to the UK, the President’s media

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian president criticises government’s claims of ‘balanced position’ on Ukraine

March 18, 2014March 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Kristian Vigenin, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has condemned the March 16 referendum in Crimea on accession to Russia as illegitimate – and

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev announces May 25 as date for Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections

March 14, 2014March 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev announced in the National Assembly on March 14 that the country’s 2014 European Parliament elections would

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President to be received by Queen during official visit to UK

March 12, 2014March 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev will pay a three-day official visit to the UK from March 17 to 19 2014, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President seeks closer ties with Qatar

March 11, 2014March 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has once again reiterated Sofia’s interest in buying gas from Qatar, but bemoaned the lack of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian initiative group files electoral rules referendum petition

March 10, 2014March 14, 2014 Alex Bivol Rossen Plevneliev

The initiative committee set up last month to gather signatures for a referendum on electoral rules in Bulgaria delivered its

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Controversy over foreign minister’s visit to Ukraine highlights Bulgaria’s policy complexities

March 6, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kristian Vigenin, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine, Volen Siderov

The visit to Ukraine by Kristian Vigenin, the former MEP who currently is Bulgaria’s foreign minister, was a bid to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto of election code

March 4, 2014March 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The National Assembly voted on March 4 to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto of a number of provisions of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President meets foreign minister, intelligence chiefs on Ukraine

March 2, 2014March 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev met foreign minister Kristian Vigenin and the heads of military intelligence and the National Intelligence Service

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