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Bulgarian President Radev initiates series of meetings with leaders of judiciary to discuss judicial reform

June 5, 2017June 7, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev began on June 5 a series of hitherto-unannounced meetings with senior figures in

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan: President Radev’s office not telling the truth about audience with Pope

May 31, 2017June 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev

The statement by Bulgarian President Radev’s office that the reason that no Orthodox or Roman Catholic clergy from Bulgaria were

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political leaders agree to review of security services and modernisation of the military

May 30, 2017May 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s government is to review the state of the security services and projects for the modernisation of the country’s military,

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Bulgaria 

Former minister for EU presidency: Putin likely to visit Bulgaria in 2018

May 29, 2017May 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin has been invited to visit Bulgaria in 2018, when the country celebrates 140 years of liberation

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Bulgaria 

Top cleric complains of absence of Bulgarian Orthodox Church clergy at Radev’s audience with Pope Francis

May 27, 2017May 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, Anthony, has complained that none of the church’s clergy were

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev discusses migration issues, people-trafficking, with Pope Francis

May 26, 2017May 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said that he had held a “very interesting” discussion with Pope Francis on topical issues such

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Bulgaria 

Merkel to Radev: Effective protection of Bulgarian borders is in the interest of the EU

May 23, 2017May 25, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

In a letter to Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, German chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed the need for solidarity in guarding

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Ministry official publicly apologises for Hitler salute photograph

May 21, 2017May 23, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Ivo Antonov, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry official whose appearance in a photograph showing him giving a Nazi salute compounded the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President criticises government, calls for condemnation of Nazism over ‘Hitler salutes’ scandals

May 20, 2017May 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has become the latest to react to the controversy of the past few days about photographs

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