Clashes between police and protesters over attempt to block MPs
Bulgarian MPs were able to make their way out of Parliament at the end of the session on November 12
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Day: November 12, 2013
Bulgaria’s Deputy PM caught in EU funds row crossfire
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Zinaida Zlatanova’s attempt to take a potshot at the opposition has backfired, instead highlighting lack of
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Bulgaria’s Bokova wins second term as UNESCO director-general
Bulgarian Irina Bokova was elected to a second term as head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Sofia University anti-government students to end occupation, continue protest – reports
Students who occupied the central campus of Sofia University to press their demand for the resignation of the Bulgarian Socialist
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev, Oresharski in joint statement calling for tolerance towards Syrian refugees
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Plamen Oresharski, appointed in May to sit in the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian
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Two Bulgarian union federations form joint strike committee
Bulgaria’s two major trade union federations have formed a joint strike committee but it is an open question whether this
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European Council, Parliament reach agreement on EU budget for 2014
The EU Council and the European Parliament reached agreement on the European Union budget for 2014 in negotiations in Brussels
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Anti-cohabitation call sparks political storm in Turkey
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provoked a political storm in Turkey over his call to crackdown on mixed sex
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Poland’s Independence Day celebrations turn violent again
Poland’s Independence Day celebrations were disrupted by violent riots for the third year in a row as large groups of
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