Ahead of parliamentary election, Bulgarian socialist leader pledges to forge closer relations with Russia
With more than two months to go before Bulgaria holds early parliamentary elections, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party
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Roumen Radev
Conduct unbecoming? Bulgarian president-elect Radev takes flak in National Assembly
Roumen Radev has set something of a record for Bulgarian heads of state by being the subject of a call
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Partial walkout as Bulgaria’s president-elect tells MPs: ‘You have one more week’
In Bulgarian politics, the convention is that new office-bearers are accorded a 100-day honeymoon. President-elect Roumen Radev’s lasted 22 minutes
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Bulgaria’s president-elect Radev takes oath of office in National Assembly
Roumen Radev took the oath of office as Bulgaria’s president in the National Assembly in Sofia on January 19 2017, with
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Bulgaria’s new Chief of Defence takes office
Vice-Admiral Emil Evtimov is Bulgaria’s acting Chief of Defence, succeeding General Konstantin Popov who stepped down because his former subordinate
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Outgoing Bulgarian president Plevneliev speaks on relations with Russia, expectations for successor
At a lengthy valedictory news conference on January 18, outgoing Bulgarian president Rossen Plevneliev reiterated his stance distinguishing between Russia’s
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Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission has announced more than 12 000 communist secret service agents in 10 years
Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law with announcing the identities of those in public life who worked for
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Bulgarian president-elect rejects calls to prolong the life of the current Parliament
Bulgarian president-elect Roumen Radev has rejected calls to prolong the life of the current Parliament, made by Boiko Borissov’s GERB
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Former Constitutional Court judges divided on Bulgarian President’s mannequin challenge on caretaker government
Two former Constitutional Court judges have entered the controversy about whether Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev’s decision to not appoint a
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