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Bulgarian PM Borissov: President Plevneliev will not be candidate to replace Georgieva as European Commissioner

October 29, 2016November 1, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 29 that incumbent head of state President Rossen Plevneliev will not be

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Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva quits European Commission to become World Bank CEO

October 28, 2016November 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva has resigned from the European Commission and will become World Bank chief executive from January 2 2017,

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev says will not veto last-minute changes to election laws

October 27, 2016October 28, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on October 27 that he would not veto the last-minute changes to the Electoral Code

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Bulgaria’s 2016 elections: Constitutional Court challenge over polling stations abroad

October 16, 2016October 18, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Maya Manolova will lodge a challenge in the Constitutional Court on October 17 to the Electoral Code provision

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President Plevneliev: Essential for Bulgaria to be a leader in tomorrow’s economy

October 4, 2016January 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Against the backdrop of rapid development in industry, Bulgaria has the opportunity to choose the path of success and to

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev calls for backing for Georgieva in UN race

September 28, 2016September 29, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called on all Bulgarian politicians to rise above party interests and personal biases to back

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev: ‘Time has come for woman from Eastern Europe to lead the UN’

September 23, 2016September 27, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

After eight male Secretaries-General the time has come for a capable and respectable woman from Eastern Europe to lead the

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Bulgaria Now podcast: The Trump grumps, Hillary hilarity and Bokova knockover

September 23, 2016September 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva, Lance Nelson, podcasts, Rossen Plevneliev

The first television debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is just days away, on September 26. Coincidentally, that same

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Bulgarian President, Iran’s Rouhani discuss trade, rail network co-operation

September 22, 2016September 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Iran considers Bulgaria a friendly country and a key partner in co-operation with the European Union, a statement by the

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