Political row erupts over proposed change of Bulgarian Defence Chief
Bulgaria’s former governing party and former defence minister have expressed outrage at the caretaker Cabinet nomination of a new Defence
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Roumen Radev
Bulgarian President Radev names former State Security staffer as security and defence adviser
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has appointed Ilian Alipiev, formerly a member of the country’s communist-era secret service State Security’s counterintelligence
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Bulgaria’s caretaker government nominates new Defence Chief
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet said on March 1 2017 that it was nominating land forces commander Andrei Botsev to be the
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Trial of Bulgaria’s former defence minister Nenchev over MiG engine repair deal starts
The trial in Sofia City Court of Bulgaria’s former defence minister Nikolai Nenchev on charges of malfeasance in office over
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Bulgarian President Radev steps into domestic political row over Nato and the Black Sea
In a late-night post on Facebook, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has stepped into a domestic pre-election political
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President Radev: Risk to European citizens unless Bulgaria given access to Schengen Information System
There is no way for Bulgaria to effectively protect Europe’s external borders unless it is given access to the Schengen
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German president tells Bulgaria’s Radev: Legal certainty one of most important preconditions for investment
Legal certainty is one of the most important preconditions for investment – also for further investments from Germany, Bulgarian President
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Meeting in Malta, EU leaders agree on plan to co-operate with Libya against migration across Mediterranean
At an informal meeting in Malta on February 3, European Union leaders agreed on a plan involving working with Libya
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Bulgarian President Radev’s veto of Concessions Act amendments: Reactions range from warnings to praise
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev’s veto of the Concessions Act amendments will most likely lead to the European Commission penalising Bulgaria,
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