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Bulgarian President calls for higher turnout at May 12 election

April 4, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on April 4 that he hoped turnout at the May 12 parliamentary elections would be

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Bulgarian President joins in criticism of IOC intention to drop wrestling from Olympics

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on March 28 he was “concerned” with the International Olympic Committee’s intention to drop wrestling

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Mudslinging in spat as CCB boss derides Bulgarian President Plevneliev

March 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

A sideshow of mudslinging has broken out after Corporate Commercial Bank majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev, one of Bulgaria’s wealthiest business

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev to name caretaker cabinet on March 12

March 11, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is to name the caretaker cabinet on March 12 at 4pm Sofia time, a day earlier

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Earliest date for caretaker government is March 13, Bulgarian President says

March 5, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The earliest date on which a caretaker government may be formed, Parliament prorogued and the outgoing cabinet dismissed is March

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Some protest organisers, trade union leader, walk out of Plevneliev’s ‘public council’

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Some of the leaders of recent nationwide protests invited to take part in President Rossen Plevneliev’s “public council” walked out

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Bulgarian President announces names of invitees to first ‘public council’ meeting

February 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has announced the names of 35 people – including protest organisers, leaders of professional associations, trade

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Bulgaria to hold early parliamentary elections on May 12, President Plevneliev announces

February 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarians will vote in ahead-of-term national parliamentary elections on May 12, President Rossen Plevneliev said in a special address to

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Bulgarian Parliament to adopt special programme of urgent measures as country heads for early elections, President Plevneliev says

February 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The way out of the current crisis is through ahead-of-term elections, Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security, made up of

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