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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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria recalls its ambassador to Turkey for consultations amid controversy over elections

March 16, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

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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Bulgaria 

Migration, Russia are major issues for political parties ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections

March 15, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Russia, Turkey

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 

Bulgaria’s GERB leader Borissov: Never has the situation in the Balkans been so ‘pre-war’

March 15, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Macedonia, Turkey

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian election commission bans showing of Mestan’s DOST video because of Turkish sub-titles

March 13, 2017March 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker PM says he hopes tensions with Turkey do not lead to cutting diplomatic relations

March 10, 2017March 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

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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