Gay rights versus far right
Heavy police security ensured that the annual Budapest Pride parade passed off peacefully on Saturday, with several thousand participants marching
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Month: July 2013
Russia Watch: Snowden and Russia’s whistleblowers
“These nations, including Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Ecuador, have my gratitude and respect for being the first to stand
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Bulgaria’s anti-government protests, a month on: photos
Tens of thousands of people – or, if you prefer the official estimate by the Interior Ministry, about 3500 –
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Bulgaria’s anti-government protests reach four-week mark
Bulgaria’s anti-government protests, sparked by the controversial appointment of Delyan Peevski as director of the State Agency for National Security,
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Bulgarian ultranationalist Siderov likens himself to Nelson Mandela
Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka leader Volen Siderov, whose comments during the current political crisis have been invariably more ludicrous than lucid,
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Oresharski tells Parliament of government’s ‘achievements’ in first month
Plamen Oresharski, who sits in the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, told members of Parliament of
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Bulgaria’s antitrust watchdog fines Mtel 440 000 leva
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on July 12 that it has fined the country’s largest mobile carrier
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Financial gap looms over Greece
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Greece will face a financial gap immediately after July 2014. During a press
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Bulgarian Deputy PM criticises President Plevneliev over position on protests
Tsvetlin Yovchev, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, has lashed out at President Rossen
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