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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Why doesn’t the Bulgarian government resign? 10 reasons…

July 26, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests

For distant observers, noting the spectacle of well more than a month of turnouts of many thousands of Bulgarians to

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Bulgaria 

Barricades and a bus: Bulgaria’s armies of the night

July 24, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests

Under a near-full moon over Sofia, the only placid element on a turbulent July night in the Bulgarian capital city,

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Bulgaria 

Injuries in night of drama as Bulgaria’s anti-government protesters blockade MPs’ bus

July 24, 2013July 23, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests

Relentless determination by Bulgaria’s embattled governing parties to push through their controversial measures on a “business as usual” basis resulted

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Perspectives 

‘Extended’ reform plan – Bulgarian government’s mystery tour presses on

July 23, 2013July 31, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski

The Bulgarian Socialist Party government, after approving a Budget revision that will mean a billion leva new debt – a

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Bulgaria 

Further progress into investigation into Bourgas terrorist attack, Bulgaria says

July 23, 2013July 31, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack

There has been further progress into the investigation into the July 2012 terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport, in which five

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President welcomes EU foreign ministers’ decision on Hezbollah

July 22, 2013July 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack

There was mixed reaction to the decision on July 22 by European Union foreign ministers that Hezbollah’s military wing should

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Europe 

European Union foreign ministers declare Hezbollah military wing a terrorist organisation

July 22, 2013July 31, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack

The European Union’s foreign ministers agreed at a meeting on July 22 2013 to declare the military wing of Hezbollah

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s anti-government protests: To ‘fight on the beaches’?

July 19, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests

Members of Bulgaria’s Parliament are planning to forego the barricades for the beaches on their annual August summer holiday, escaping

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Bulgaria 

From Sarafovo to Hezbollah: The legacy of the Bourgas Airport terrorist attack, one year on

July 17, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack

July 18 2013, a year to the day from the terrorist attack at Bulgaria’s Sarafovo Airport at Bourgas that left

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