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Bulgarian President Radev hopes new government will be in office in early May

April 19, 2017April 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Attending the April 19 first sitting of Bulgaria’s new National Assembly, President Roumen Radev said that he intended next week

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Bulgaria’s 44th National Assembly holds first sitting

April 19, 2017April 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s 44th National Assembly, elected on March 26, held its first sitting on April 19, electing a Speaker and with

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Bulgarian President Radev special address: what he said and what he did not

April 11, 2017April 13, 2017 Alex Bivol Roumen Radev

Having found himself at the centre of the controversy after the publication, last week, of proposed amendments on curtailing the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s newly-elected Parliament to hold its first sitting on April 19

April 7, 2017April 11, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s newly-elected 44th National Assembly will hold its first sitting on April 19 2017, as decreed by head of state

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker govt, President continue damage control attempts in controversy over bill on voting rights

April 7, 2017April 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev

The blame game is continuing in a controversy about draft legislation posted on the Bulgarian Justice Ministry website that envisaged

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Bulgaria’s red baron, President Radev, flies into turbulence over law changes

April 5, 2017April 7, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev has been in office as head of state since January 22. Of the 74 days since

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Bulgaria 

Process of Bulgaria’s new ordinance on the integration of refugees will be a long one

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Roumen Radev

The process of Bulgaria adopting a new ordinance on the integration of refugees, after the 2016 version was controversially scrapped

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev defends controversial scrapping of regulation on integration of refugees

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Europe migrant crisis, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has sought to defend the controversial scrapping of a government regulation on the integration of refugees,

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Bulgaria 

Donald Tusk in Sofia: ‘Our goal is to minimise the costs of Brexit for all EU citizens’

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, Roumen Radev, Schengen

European Council President Donald Tusk, speaking during a visit to Bulgarian capital city Sofia, said that the country’s citizens only

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