In Bulgaria: Your little ‘Lukov March’ torches were doused
Notch one up for us, you sad, hatred-filled, antisemitic pseudo-patriots. On this night in February 2020, your torchlight Lukov March,
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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgarian President Radev’s ‘withdrawal of confidence’ is latest in succession of clashes with Borissov government
The speech to the nation by Bulgarian President Roumen Radev on February 4 in which he said he was withdrawing
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Bulgarian survivors tell their stories
It is January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A day on which international leaders gather, and swear, hand on heart:
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Rotogravure in Washington: Trump meets Borissov
Bulgarian media reported, with some breathlessness, that should US President Donald Trump receive an invitation to visit Bulgaria’s capital city
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The votes for No One (or, Dr Fell)
The second round of Bulgaria’s mayoral elections is over, and thus, all of the mayoral elections. In those places where
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Shaken? Debatable. Stirred? Perhaps. Bulgarian PM Borissov after the local elections
Four years ago around this time, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, leader of his centre-right GERB party, was rampant. GERB
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week five
To channel Highlander, Sunday is coming – and there can only be one. In Sofia and 18 other cities that
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Mayoral candidates in Bulgaria’s large cities pursue endorsements ahead of run-off elections
Spare a thought for Mladen Mladenov, Iliya Zyumbilev and Milena Dimitrova. Few else may. In the October 27 mayoral elections
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: In Plovdiv, waiting for the fat lady
In Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, mayoral elections are not a simple matter. It was so, not for the first time,
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