Ataka starts petition for referendum on extending moratorium on sale of land to foreigners
Ataka, Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalist party, is starting to collect signatures for a petition for a national referendum on extending the
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Bulgaria: All protests great and small
When November 14 rolls around, and unless the Bulgarian Socialist Party government resigns by that day, the anti-government DANSWithme protests
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev vetoes amendments to laws on foreigners, citizenship
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on November 7 2013 that he had vetoed amendments adopted by Parliament in October to
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Protest Network, anti-government student protesters back group held for painting partisans pink and purple
After a group of activists were arrested and charged with hooliganism for an early-morning attempt to spray-paint pink and purple
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‘Real risk’ of polio reaching Bulgaria from Syria – chief health inspector
There is a real risk that polio could reach Bulgaria because of the growing refugee pressure from Syria, chief health
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Bulgarian prosecutors open investigation against former MRF MP Hristo Biserov
Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on November 7 that it opened an investigation against former Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF)
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Borissov says he has lodged court action against TV boss-turned-politician for slander
Boiko Borissov, leader of the opposition centre-right GERB party and former prime minister, has said that he has lodged court
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Six arrested for pink spraypaint stunt at Bulgarian Socialist Party HQ
Six people, reportedly including well-known anti-government Protest Network blogger Assen Genov, were arrested in the early hours of November 7
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Bulgarian media slammed over xenophobia, hate speech in covering refugee issue
Sections of Bulgaria’s electronic and print media have come in for sharp criticism for conveying hate speech during coverage of
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