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Bulgarian President rejects PM Borissov’s call for Grand National Assembly to change constitution

August 14, 2020August 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

In a televised address to the nation on the evening of August 14, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev rejected Prime Minister

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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to mining concessions

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on July 30 that he has vetoed some provisions in the bill of amendments to

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Bulgaria’s President again turns out for anti-government protests

July 23, 2020July 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

On July 23, the 15th night of large-scale protests against Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government and Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev,

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Bulgaria’s anti-government protests ‘going to new phase’

July 19, 2020July 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

The protests in Bulgaria demanding the resignation of the government and of the Prosecutor-General are set to enter a new

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In TV address, Bulgaria’s President calls for resignation of government, Prosecutor-General

July 15, 2020July 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

In a televised address on July 15 on the back of several days of hugely-attended protests calling for the resignation

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Prosecutors arrest two Bulgarian presidential aides

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Prosecutors have arrested two aides to President Roumen Radev, it was announced on July 9. One is Iliya Milushev, presidential

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Bulgarian MPs overrule President’s veto on Interior Ministry Act amendments

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 1 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on the Interior Ministry Act amendments that

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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to Interior Ministry Act

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on June 22 that he has vetoed part of the bill of amendments to the

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Covid-19: Bulgarian PM scathing over President’s veto of Emergency Measures Bill

March 22, 2020March 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

March 22 brought the end of the political truce between Bulgarian President Roumen Radev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov for

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