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Day: July 7, 2013

Bulgaria 

Group announces split from Borissov’s GERB party

July 7, 2013July 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

A group, said to include members of the executive committee of Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, has announced that they

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Bulgaria 

Journalists from rival nationalist TV channel allege assault by Siderov

July 7, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Employees of Bourgas-based television channel SKAT, which formerly was allied to Volen Siderov’s Ataka but now is politically estranged, have

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s media and the protests: From Barekov to BNT

July 7, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Media, Peevski protests

Spare a thought for Bulgaria’s reporters. After six months of covering the winter protests, an election campaign and the current

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Bulgaria 

Clarity awaited on when final section of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway will open

July 7, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

The “final” date for the opening of the as-yet incomplete section of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway, linking Sofia to Bourgas via

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian union federation threatens strike unless Grand National Assembly convened

July 7, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

In its first statement on the political crisis in Bulgaria after three weeks of anti-government protests, trade union confederation Podkrepa

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