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Bulgaria’s anti-government student protest keeps up the pace

October 30, 2013October 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests

Motorists in a street in central Sofia were treated to a dance performance – whether they wanted such a performance

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Bulgaria 

Student ‘occupation’ in Bulgarian universities expected to spread

October 29, 2013October 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Students from the University for National and World Economics (UNWE) in Sofia were set to join the spreading “occupation” protests

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Ouranoupolis on the Mount Athos peninsula in Greece photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs in controversial ‘resignation’ call incident during visit to Mt Athos

October 29, 2013October 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests

Members of Bulgaria’s Parliament, among them Ataka ultra-nationalist Pavel Shopov, were involved in an incident on a ferry boat from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev lodges Constitutional Court action against Peevski being an MP

October 28, 2013October 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

President Rossen Plevneliev has lodged a formal application in the Constitutional Court to overturn Parliament’s June 19 2013 vote revoking

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Bulgaria 

Sofia University ‘occupation’ supported by students at other Bulgarian universities

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Students at several large Bulgarian universities have shown their support for the continued anti-government protest at the St Kliment Ohridski

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Bulgaria 

Kozloduy nuclear plant reactor taken offline on October 28 to fix fault

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff nuclear

Unit six at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station was taken offline on the morning of October 28 because of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Turkish FMs discuss Syrian refugees, while tensions grow over issue in Bulgaria

October 28, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

Against a background of the Turkish-Bulgarian border being the main entry point into Bulgaria for Syrian refugees, the issue was

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Bulgaria 

Sofia University student protest: ‘We are with you’ anti-government protesters say – Photos

October 27, 2013October 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

A special rally at 6pm on October 27 drew a crowd of thousands and growing in response to an appeal

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Bulgaria 

‘Counter protesters’ attempt to counter-occupy Sofia University

October 27, 2013October 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The central campus of Sofia University has seen attempts at provocation as “counter protesters” attempted on October 27 to invade

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