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Bulgarian President meets Muslim spiritual leader, speaks against religion being politicised

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev held talks on March 1 with Chief Mufti Mustafa Hadji, spiritual leader of the country’s Muslim

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Bulgaria interested in closer co-operation with Iran in trade, energy and science, President Radev tells foreign minister Zarif

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has told Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that his country is interested in deepening partnerships

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev wades into CEZ assets sale debate

February 27, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev became the latest senior politician to express concerns about Czech utility CEZ’s intention to sell its

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria backs Serbia’s implementation of reforms on its European path, Radev tells Vučić

February 23, 2018February 25, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev, Serbia

Bulgaria is ready to work with Serbia to deepen good-neighbourliness in the Western Balkans and in the implementation of reforms

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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to bank insolvency law

February 21, 2018February 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev vetoed on February 21 a bill amending the Bank Insolvency Act, arguing that some of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev holds talks with US ambassador in Sofia

February 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev held talks on February 21 with the US ambassador in Sofia, Eric Rubin, on topics including

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Bulgaria 

Tsvetanov: Bulgarian President Radev is ‘jealous’ of PM Boiko Borissov

February 20, 2018February 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The leader of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party parliamentary group says that President Roumen Radev is “jealous” of

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Playing Peevski in the middle: Borissov vs Radev

February 16, 2018February 19, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria has been treated to the spectacle of a reverse custody battle, as the country’s Prime Minister and its President

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President on ‘Macedonia’ name dispute: No geographical terms that could be seen as claims on Bulgaria

February 16, 2018February 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia, Roumen Radev

For Bulgaria, it is important that a future name for the Republic of Macedonia does not include a geographical identifier

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