OSCE urges Bulgaria to prevent Ataka’s Siderov intimidating media
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, has expressed concern
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Bulgarian Muslim approaches European court over 2011 Ataka incident outside Sofia mosque
A Bulgarian citizen of the Muslim faith, Veli Karaahmed, has lodged a complaint against Bulgaria in the European Court of
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French-German statement: Bulgaria experiencing crisis of trust in government model
Bulgaria’s recent protests, the second wave of rallies in the space of six months, were evidence of a crisis of
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Bulgaria’s paltry pro-government, anti-Plevneliev protests
The special statement by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev effectively calling for early parliamentary elections has given a new focus to
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GERB candidate Portnih elected mayor of Varna
GERB candidate Ivan Portnih has been elected mayor of Bulgaria’s main Black Sea city of Varna, defeating Hristo Bozov, who
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Group announces split from Borissov’s GERB party
A group, said to include members of the executive committee of Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, has announced that they
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Journalists from rival nationalist TV channel allege assault by Siderov
Employees of Bourgas-based television channel SKAT, which formerly was allied to Volen Siderov’s Ataka but now is politically estranged, have
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Clarity awaited on when final section of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway will open
The “final” date for the opening of the as-yet incomplete section of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway, linking Sofia to Bourgas via
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Bulgarian union federation threatens strike unless Grand National Assembly convened
In its first statement on the political crisis in Bulgaria after three weeks of anti-government protests, trade union confederation Podkrepa
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