Bulgaria recalls its ambassador to Turkey for consultations amid controversy over elections
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on March 16 that it was recalling its ambassador in Ankara, Nadezhda Neynsky, for consultations. The
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Migration, Russia are major issues for political parties ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections
Concerns about an increased flow of migrants into Bulgaria, and relations with Russia, are among the key issues that have
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Bulgaria’s GERB leader Borissov: Never has the situation in the Balkans been so ‘pre-war’
Never has the situation in the Balkans been so “pre-war”, GERB leader Boiko Borissov told an election meeting on March
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Bulgarian election commission bans showing of Mestan’s DOST video because of Turkish sub-titles
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has banned the showing of an election campaign video by Lyutvi Mestan’s DOST party because
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Bulgarian caretaker PM says he hopes tensions with Turkey do not lead to cutting diplomatic relations
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov has acknowledged his country’s tensions with Turkey but said that he hoped that these
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Turkey hits back at Bulgaria over elections controversy
Turkey does not interfere in the internal affairs of any state, the foreign ministry in Ankara said in response to
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Bulgarian President: More pragmatism needed in work of Southeast Europe Cooperation Process
At a meeting with ambassadors from seven Balkan countries in Sofia on March 8, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen
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Bulgaria summons Turkish ambassador over Ankara’s interference in parliamentary elections
Turkey’s ambassador in Sofia Süleyman Gökçe was summoned to Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry on March 7 after Turkish cabinet minister Mehmet
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Sofia – Istanbul rail link set to return as reconstruction on Turkish side completed
The railway link between Bulgaria’s capital Sofia and Turkey’s largest city Istanbul is set to return after the completion of
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