Bulgarian MPs vote support for Oresharski’s vague ‘stabilisation package’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski asked – and received – on June 19 Parliament’s support for a vague package of
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Sofia traffic police hails success of ‘Operation Cyclist’, vows to continue checks
Traffic police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia said on June 19 that 28 fines were issued during “Operation Cyclist” on
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Nine people detained during latest protest in Sofia
Nine people were detained on June 18 during the anti-government protest in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia. Some of them carried
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Bulgarian MPs cancel Peevski appointment at SANS
Bulgarian Parliament voted on June 19 to repeal its decision to appoint Delyan Peevski as director of the State Agency
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Bulgarian political crisis: Socialist leadership challenge, #ignorevolen and other stories
As anti-government protesters in Bulgaria plan to hold a fifth rally in as many days, appeals were made in social
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Bulgarian media: Socialist leader Stanishev in hot water ahead of PES forum in Sofia
The meeting of the Party of European Socialists (PES) council in Sofia on June 22 put PES president Sergei Stanishev
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Sofia city hall calls for calm as first clashes mar anti-government protest in Bulgaria
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova asked participants in the anti-government rallies to avoid staying out late and observe the 10pm legal
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Eight injured in clashes outside Sofia HQ of Siderov’s Ataka
Eight people, reportedly including a member of the Gendarmerie, were injured outside the Sofia headquarters of Volen Siderov’s Ataka party
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church calls for cancellation of Sofia Pride 2013 parade
In what has become an annual ritual since the first Sofia Pride in 2008, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body,
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