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President Radev urges Israeli investment in Bulgaria’s potential as regional centre of IT

March 20, 2018March 21, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Israel, Roumen Radev

As a leading country in high-tech, it is in the interests of the State of Israel to invest in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev congratulates Putin, expresses hope for co-operation

March 19, 2018March 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev congratulated Vladimir Putin on his re-election as president of Russia, Radev’s office said on March 19.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev: Russian Patriarch Kirill behaved like a politician

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on March 13 that he had received Russian Patriarch Kirill as a spiritual leader “but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church defends President Radev over meeting with Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 12, 2018March 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev, Russia

The leadership of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has come to the defence of President Roumen Radev amid the controversy over

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian president, prosecutor-general challenge private security law

March 12, 2018March 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev and Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov both lodged separate challenges at the Constitutional Court on March 12, asking

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM’s GERB party calls on President to release transcript of his meeting with Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 8, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Russia, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The parliamentary group of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party issued a call on March 8 for President

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto on amendments to bank insolvency law

March 7, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian MPs voted on March 7 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on the bill of amendments to the Bank Insolvency

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Bulgaria 

Two Bulgarian former presidents enter controversy over Russian Patriarch Kirill’s dispute over history

March 6, 2018March 7, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Russia

Two Bulgarian former heads of state have entered the controversy sparked by Russian Patriarch Kirill taking offence at other countries

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Bulgaria 

Russian Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Bulgaria for Liberation Day hit by controversies

March 4, 2018March 6, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev, Russia

The visit by Russian Patriarch Kirill to Bulgaria for celebrations of the country’s 140th anniversary of liberation from Ottoman rule

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