Bulgarian voters from Turkey divert via Greece as ‘patriots’ again protest at Turkish border
Bulgarian passport-holders coming into the country to vote in the March 26 elections would now be coming via Greece instead
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Bulgarian President Radev responds to Erdoğan: ‘Bulgaria does not give or accept lessons on democracy’
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has responded to a call by his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the country to
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Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 23
With just a day left to campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 parliamentary elections, political party leaders were making their
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Bulgaria elections 2017: Passport or ID card gets voters free bus rides from Turkey to Kurdzhali – report
More than 20 buses arrived from Turkey in a single day in the southern Bulgarian town of Kurdzhali, with passengers
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Bulgaria caretaker PM: No law to stop ‘electoral tourism’
Caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said on March 22 that current Bulgarian law does not allow limiting “electoral tourism” –
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Bulgaria’s security agency bars two more Turkish citizens as threat to national security
Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security has ordered the expulsion of a Turkish citizen and declared another persona non grata
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Prosecutor-General: Bulgaria will not extradite border policemen wanted by Turkey on murder, manslaughter charges
Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on March 22 that Bulgaria will not extradite to Turkey four border policemen wanted by Ankara
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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Reports received of voters being bussed in from Turkey – Deputy PM
Bulgaria’s caretaker government has received reports of buses being organised to bring voters in from Turkey for the March 26
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Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 21
With five days to go to Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections, Turkey and the two Bulgarian political parties with close
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