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President Radev says Russia’s attack on Ukraine unacceptable, but ‘no direct military threat to Bulgaria’

February 24, 2022February 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s military operation in Ukraine is absolutely unacceptable, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on February 24, adding that there was

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research: Petkov’s government has 35% approval rating

February 17, 2022February 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s quadripartite coalition government headed by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov has begun its term with an approval rating of 35

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s security council agrees military modernisation, spending, should be stepped up

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

A five-hour meeting of Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security, prompted by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, produced little that had not

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Bulgaria 

GERB MPs walk out of Radev’s speech at second inauguration

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

MPs for Boiko Borissov’s opposition GERB party walked out of the National Assembly chamber on January 19 as President Roumen

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Most of Bulgaria’s leadership self-isolating after Radev’s meeting

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

Much of Bulgaria’s political leadership is in self-isolation, pending decisions on quarantine, after it emerged that the Speaker of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President gets booster jab against Covid-19

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev received a booster dose of vaccine against Covid-19 at the Military Medical Academy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM nominee Petkov names proposed cabinet line-up

December 11, 2021December 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Roumen Radev

We Continue the Change (WCC) co-leader Kiril Petkov, the party’s prime minister nominee put forth after it won the November

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev to hand government mandate on December 11

December 10, 2021December 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev will hand the mandate to form a government to the prime minister-designate of the We Continue

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev re-elected with 66.7% of the vote – final results

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev won a second term of office with 66.7 per cent of votes cast in the November

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