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Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from Stanishev calling Borissov ‘a statesman’

July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

The executive bureau of the Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from the comment by Party of European Socialists leader Sergei

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Italy’s Sassoli elected European Parliament president as Bulgaria’s Stanishev withdraws

July 3, 2019July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

MEPs have elected Italy’s David-Maria Sassoli, 63, as president of the European Parliament for a two-and-a-half-year term on July 3,

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Bulgaria 

EU leaders suggest Bulgaria’s Stanishev, Germany’s Weber as successive EP presidents – reports

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

European Union leaders are informally suggesting that Party of European Socialists leader and Bulgarian MEP Sergei Stanishev be elected for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Ninova fails in bid to exclude Stanishev from European Parliament candidate list

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

The leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Kornelia Ninova, has failed in her attempt to exclude Party of European Socialists

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Bulgaria 

Ninova proposes Bulgarian Socialist Party omits PES leader Stanishev from European Parliament candidate list

April 14, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

Kornelia Ninova has proposed that her Bulgarian Socialist Party omits Party of European Socialists president Sergei Stanishev and two other

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Bulgaria 

European Parliament votes call on EU leaders to admit Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen

December 11, 2018December 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Schengen, Sergei Stanishev

The European Parliament voted on December 11 to call on the European Council to admit Bulgaria and Romania to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Stanishev fluffs vote in European Parliament on EU-Canada CETA deal

February 15, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian MEP and Party of European Socialists leader Sergei Stanishev voted against the party line by casting his ballot in

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Bulgaria 

Sofia City Court acquits former PM Stanishev over losing secret documents

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Sofia City Court ruled on December 16 to acquit former socialist prime minister Sergei Stanishev on charges of losing secret

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Bulgaria 

Sofia City Court dismisses case against former PM Stanishev over losing secret documents

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Sergei Stanishev

Sofia City Court dismissed on September 28 the case against socialist MEP and former Bulgarian prime minister Sergei Stanishev for

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