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Day: October 2, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission: Siderov violated rules on TV talk show

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party and a Sofia mayoral candidate, violated election law by his behaviour on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s latest court ruling in Jock Palfreeman saga

October 2, 2019October 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia City Court has declined to hear an application against a ban on Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman leaving

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator condemns behaviour of Siderov on Bulgarian National Television election show

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

The Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has expressed concern about the behaviour of Ataka leader and Sofia mayoral candidate Volen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet adopts draft law scrapping citizenship for short-term investments

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on October 2 draft amendments to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act aimed at eliminating the possibility for foreigners

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Bulgaria 

Electric car rental company in Bulgaria alleges ‘massive’ vandalism campaign

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A company in Bulgaria that rents out electric cars has alleged that a “massive and organised attack by unknown perpetrators”

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator fines Bulgarian National Radio 27 000 leva over suspension of programme

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has fined public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio 27 000 leva (about

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Bulgaria 

Outrage over Ataka leader Siderov’s antics on Bulgarian National Television talk show

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

There has been widespread outrage after Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party and a Sofia mayoral candidate, disrupted

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