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Bulgaria: Recriminations fly as ITN quits government, and some quit ITN

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

Recriminations, insults, mutual allegations of being mobsters and a threat of court action were the order of the day on

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The government of Bulgaria – what happens now?

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

The first reaction of Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov to the statement by ITN party leader Slavi Trifonov that he

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2021 presidential election debate: ‘No rosy picture’

November 18, 2021November 21, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2021, Roumen Radev

On the balance of the political forces that will support him in the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential elections on

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Bulgaria 

String of homophobic incidents ahead of 2021 Sofia Pride

June 5, 2021June 12, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Pride

The 2021 Sofia Pride is a week away, and is approaching against a background of a string of homophobic incidents

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Trifonov hits out at Borissov’s GERB over ‘lies’ about Electoral Code

May 4, 2021May 9, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Slavi Trifonov

The leader of Bulgaria’s ITN political party, cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov, hit back in a Facebook post on May

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Bulgaria 

Borissov says Bulgaria’s next elections will not produce government

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Slavi Trifonov

Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said on May 3 that the country’s next parliamentary elections

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Bulgaria 

Stopfake.org’s fakes about ‘fake news’ by The Sofia Globe

April 27, 2021April 28, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Today, it came to my attention that a number of our posts on Facebook via Patreon have been marked on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Trifonov says will not seek to get government approved

April 26, 2021April 27, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Slavi Trifonov

Cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov has broken his three-week silence since his ITN political party won second place in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament approves first reading of changes to electoral law

April 23, 2021April 26, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted overwhelmingly on April 23 to approve the first reading of amendments, tabled by cable television presenter

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