Bulgarian parliamentary committee calls for going back to square one on fighter jet acquisition
A day after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov voiced doubt that Gripen was the best choice for a new fighter
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Bulgarian President calls meeting of security council to discuss ‘workable’ model against corruption
Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for October
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French president Macron backs Bulgaria’s Schengen, euro zone bids
Emmanuel Macron’s tour of Eastern Europe reached Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast on August 25, where, in meetings with President Roumen
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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes Environmental Protection Act amendments
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on August 8 that he was vetoing recently-passed amendments to the Environmental Protection Act meant
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Bulgarian President Radev: Handling of jet fighter acquisition process ‘not the best signal’ abroad
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has cited the handling of the fighter jet acquisition process as an example of how not
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Bulgarian Defence Chief: No external interference in choosing new fighter jet
Bulgaria’s Defence Chief General Andrei Botsev has rejected allegations of external interference and corruption in the process towards choosing a
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Bulgaria’s President Radev accuses government of procrastinating about fighter jet acquisition
The prolonged political tussle in Bulgaria about the fighter jet acquisition process continued on July 10 with President Roumen Radev
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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Sole requirement in jet fighter acquisition is that they should be new
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 7 that his sole requirement in the process of acquiring jet fighters
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Dossier Commission names two of President Radev’s staff as former State Security people
Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law with exposing people in public life who worked for the country’s communist-era
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