Protests, pledge of veto against plan to backtrack on Bulgaria’s smoking ban
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has pledged that if Parliament approves a backtrack on the ban on smoking in enclosed public
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European Commission calls for large-scale Mediterranean patrols to prevent repeat of Lampedusa tragedy
European Union interior ministers meeting in Luxembourg on October 38 were to hear a proposal from European Home Affairs Commissioner
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President Plevneliev pledges to veto backtrack on Dossier Commission exposure of State Security agents
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has said that if Parliament approves proposed legislative amendments that would prevent the Dossier Commission disclosing
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Bulgarian leaders hail endorsement of Bokova for second term as UNESCO head
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is among leaders who have congratulated Irina Bokova on emerging from an October 4 meeting of
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Bulgarian Parliament cancels sitting after again failing to muster quorum
The sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament that had been scheduled for October 4 2013 was cancelled because of the latest failure
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev: Parliament failing citizens’ expectations
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev says that the country is in a combination of several crises – political, parliamentary, demographic and
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At UN, Bulgarian President Plevneliev calls for lasting political solution to Syria crisis
A lasting political solution to the crisis in Syria should be found through the resumption of the Geneva negotiations process,
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UN appreciates Bulgaria’s generosity towards asylum seekers, Ban tells Plevneliev
In talks at the UN headquarters in New York with Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed
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Bulgarian President, government release joint position on Syria
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Plamen Oresharski, prime minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, released a joint position on
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