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The foreign affairs committee of the Bulgarian National Assembly passed on May 8 a motion condemning further economic sanctions against Russia, but the odds of the motion passing on the […]
Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on May 8 that it has pressed formal charges against Maria Divizieva, chief of staff to Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, in an investigation into alleged embezzlement […]
With the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms backing far-right ultra-nationalists Ataka, a parliamentary committee has been set up to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding […]
Ludogorets Razgrad were crowned Bulgaria’s football champions after winning 1-0 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv late on May 7. Unlike last season, when the title went down to the last day, this […]
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has confiscated the firearm of far-right ultra-nationalist Ataka leader Volen Siderov, media reports on May 8 2014 said. During the anti-government protests that began in June 2013, […]
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, has urged European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to, “… end her term with a call to condemn […]
Poland awarded on May 7 2014 a prize for championing democracy and human rights to Mustafa Dzhemilev, the pro-Kyiv leader of Crimea’s Tatar community who was barred from the region […]
Ukrainian military forces have gained ground in the flashpoint cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast over the past week, but government authorities in general have largely lost their […]
