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European Commission calls for large-scale Mediterranean patrols to prevent repeat of Lampedusa tragedy

October 8, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Rossen Plevneliev

European Union interior ministers meeting in Luxembourg on October 38 were to hear a proposal from European Home Affairs Commissioner

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev pledges to veto backtrack on Dossier Commission exposure of State Security agents

October 6, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has said that if Parliament approves proposed legislative amendments that would prevent the Dossier Commission disclosing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders hail endorsement of Bokova for second term as UNESCO head

October 6, 2013February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is among leaders who have congratulated Irina Bokova on emerging from an October 4 meeting of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament cancels sitting after again failing to muster quorum

October 4, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev: Parliament failing citizens’ expectations

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev says that the country is in a combination of several crises – political, parliamentary, demographic and

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Bulgaria 

At UN, Bulgarian President Plevneliev calls for lasting political solution to Syria crisis

September 24, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Syria

A lasting political solution to the crisis in Syria should be found through the resumption of the Geneva negotiations process,

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Bulgaria 

UN appreciates Bulgaria’s generosity towards asylum seekers, Ban tells Plevneliev

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen 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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President, government release joint position on Syria

September 18, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, 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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Bulgaria 

As Bulgarian anti-government protests reach 80th day, poll shows increasing disapproval of government

September 1, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

Anti-government protests demanding the immediate resignation of the Bulgarian Socialist Party administration reached their 80th day on September 1, with

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