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Pope Francis in Bulgaria: Photo gallery

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

On the first day of his visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis was received at Sofia Airport by Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgaria 

Pope Francis in Sofia: ‘Reject every attempt to use religion for purposes other than religious’

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Beginning his visit to Bulgaria on May 5, Pope Francis held talks with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and President Roumen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev on Gabrovo: ‘Anger of people is understandable’

April 16, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

Whole generations in Bulgaria have grown up with a sense of impunity, resulting in this arbitrariness and the anger of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President’s consultative council meeting on high-level corruption comes to nothing

April 8, 2019April 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

The April 8 meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security called by Bulgarian President Roumen Radev to discuss measures

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Bulgaria 

Opposition to Bulgaria’s government seizes on controversy around anti-corruption chief

April 4, 2019April 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

The announcement on April 4 by Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General that the head of the country’s anti-corruption commission, Plamen Georgiev, was under

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls security council meeting on steps against corruption in high places

April 3, 2019April 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for April

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research poll: Apartments controversy damaged trust in Bulgaria’s government, GERB party

April 1, 2019April 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government has an approval rating of just 13 per cent, having shed four percentage points

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria anti-corruption body to probe ruling majority politicians’ apartment deals

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption commission is to investigate allegations of crimes regarding the acquisition of high-end apartments at relatively low prices by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President declares May 26 as day of European Parliament elections

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has issued a decree that the country’s European Parliament elections will be held

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