Sofia City Court refuses request to extradite Koblyakov from Bulgaria to Russia
Sofia City Court, in a ruling on October 10, refused a request to extradite Russian human rights anti-Putin activist from
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Bulgarian given suspended sentence for vote-buying
A man who was arrested a day after Bulgaria’s October 5 parliamentary elections for offering people 20 leva (about 10
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Bulgaria again lowest-ranked EU country in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index
Bulgaria has for the second consecutive year been placed 100th in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom index, again also
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Reserved responses among four parties invited to second-round talks on Bulgarian government
The announcement by Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov that four parties were to be invited to second-round talks
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Bulgarian government in 2013 was ‘second most hated’ in the world – Gallup poll
A survey by international pollsters Gallup has found that on a list of “partly free” countries, the Bulgarian government in
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Bulgarian coalition drama: GERB to hold further talks with Reformist Bloc, BSP, Patriotic Front and ABC
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB is to continue its bid to form a government by holding second-round talks with the Reformist
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Bulgarian President calls for reforms to strengthen the media environment
Bulgarians deserve to be reliably informed and know who is behind the media, who owns and finances them, to be
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GERB concludes first round of talks on possible governing coalition
The negotiating team for GERB wrapped up its first round of talks with other political parties on October 19 and
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French, UK human rights organisations speak out against bid to extradite Koblyakov from Bulgaria to Russia
Four international human rights organisations in France and UK-based Fair Trials International have issued public appeals against French-Russian anti-Putin human
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