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Day: October 22, 2018

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Analysis: Round and round on Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ roundabout

October 22, 2018October 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Misnomers in the names of political formations are common. Not all parties, or for that matter countries, that call themselves

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov vows Simeonov controversy should not bring down government

October 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 22 that he would not force United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Ataka leader Siderov demands coalition council, wants Simeonov’s resignation as Deputy PM

October 22, 2018October 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The infighting in Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist United Patriots continued on October 22 as Ataka leader Volen Siderov demanded a meeting of

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Bulgaria 

Unit 6 at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy plant back in operation

October 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant said that it has completed the scheduled annual maintenance and refuelling of unit 6 and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission on communist-era secret agents to hold Open Day

October 22, 2018October 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law with disclosing the identities of people in various walks of public life

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