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Police presence stepped up as Bulgarian nationalists vow more Turkish border blockades over ‘electoral tourism’

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Turkey

The police presence at Bulgaria’s border crossings with Turkey has been stepped up, the Interior Ministry said on March 21,

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Bulgaria 

‘United Patriots’ block Bulgaria’s border with Turkey to bar vehicles carrying voters

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Supporters of Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition blocked border checkpoints with Turkey on the morning of March 21 in a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 20

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Turkey

Monday March 20, the beginning of the final week of the election campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections, was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President meets intelligence and security chiefs, Prosecutor-General over worsening relations with Turkey

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev, Turkey

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev called a special meeting on the afternoon of March 20 with several senior

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: The week that was, March 19

March 19, 2017March 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Roumen Radev, Turkey, Volen Siderov

With one week to go to Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, party political platform issues were largely swept

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev: Turkey’s interference in our elections is absolutely unacceptable

March 18, 2017March 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev, Turkey

It is a fact that Turkey is interfering in Bulgaria’s March parliamentary elections and this is absolutely unacceptable, head of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to return its ambassador to Ankara within days – caretaker PM

March 17, 2017March 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Nadezhda Neynsky, Bulgaria’s ambassador to Turkey who was recalled to Sofia for consultations on March 16, will return to the

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Bulgaria 

Turkey continues to loom large in concerns about Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections

March 17, 2017March 20, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Amid continuing controversy over concerns about interference by Turkey in Bulgaria’s March 26 early parliamentary elections, caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria declares Turkish citizen threat to national security, imposes five-year entry ban

March 17, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgaria has expelled a Turkish citizen after the State Agency for National Security (SANS) declared the individual a threat to

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