Thu, Jun 20 2013
President-elect Purvanov with his successor as leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Sergei Stanishev
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Meeting, from left, Interior Ministry chief secretary Boiko Borissov, prosecutor-general Nikola Filchev and interior minister Georgi Petkanov, August 2002.
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February 2003
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Antarctica, January 2005
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Visiting Aitos, April 2002
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March 2003
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Kerbala, April 2004
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With then-president Putin in Moscow, January 2003
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Istanbul, June 2004, with then-president George W Bush
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With then-prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, signing Bulgaria's EU accession treaty, April 2005
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Pope John Paul II's visit to Bulgaria, May 2002
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Purvanov's Alternative for a Bulgarian Revival launch, November 2010
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Anti-Purvanov poster ahead of the 2006 elections, referring to his State Security code name, Gotse.
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Tripoli, May 2005, meeting Gaddafi about the Bulgarian medics held in the 'HIV infection' trial
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With Hosni Mubarak, April 2008
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With Dimtry Medvedev in Moscow, May 2010
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With Barack Obama in Warsaw, May 2011
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With Greece's then-prime minister George Papandreou, November 2009
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With Syria's Assad, November 2010
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A Stara Planina for German chancellor Angela Merkel, October 2010
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Handing Boiko Borissov a mandate to form a government, July 2009
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With President-elect Rossen Plevneliev, November 2011
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Plevneliev and Vice President Margarita Popova were inaugurated at a ceremony in Sofia on January 22 2012.
His combined opponents, including communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov, cannot muster 40 per cent of the vote, according to official figures.
Stars from the world of fashion, sport and entertainment enjoyed the post-Oscars party.
No respite for Europe's southern cities
Even Turkey had snowfall.
The Artist and Hugo seem to be the current bookies' favourite.