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Bulgaria: State action against opposition figures prompts thousands to protest

July 16, 2025July 17, 2025 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Several thousand people turned out to protest on July 16 in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and in other cities in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Borissov’s GERB-UDF says it is terminating negotiations on a government

January 5, 2025January 5, 2025 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition said on January 5 that it was terminating negotiations on a government, seeking to blame Democratic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes additional military aid for Ukraine, possibility of air space for F-16 training

December 8, 2023May 6, 2025 Clive Leviev-Sawyer F-16, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on December 8 overwhelmingly in favour of additional military aid for Ukraine, the possibility of use

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM says election commission decision on machine voting violated law, should be reversed

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2023, Nikolai Denkov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said on October 28 that the Central Election Commission (CEC) decision to scrap machine voting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Thousands protest for the return of machine voting

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2023

Thousands turned out on October 28 in a protest in central Sofia demanding the return of machine voting in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Controversy deepens as machine voting cancelled

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2023

A court challenge and public protests are looming in Bulgaria after the Central Election Commission (CEC) decided that machine voting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Prayer for Peace held in Sofia Central Synagogue

October 15, 2023October 15, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Israel

A Prayer for Peace was held in Sofia Central Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital city on October 15, to honour the

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Visiting Bulgaria, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy gives Radev a lesson on reality

July 6, 2023September 25, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

It was only when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy landed in Sofia on July 6 that he confirmed that his one-day

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new government approves a new package of military aid for Ukraine

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s new government has approved a new package of military and military-technical assistance for Ukraine in line with a decision

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