Nadezhda Neynski, former UDF leader and ex-foreign minister, quits UDF after rebels axed
Nadezhda Neynski, a former leader of the right-wing Union of Democratic Forces and who was foreign minister during the 1997
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Fewer holes in Holy Synod as Bulgarian Orthodox Church drama takes new turn
Controversial Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai and his allies apparently suspended their boycott – or period of mourning, as they put it
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Former leader among UDF MPs expelled after rebellion in Bulgarian Constitutional Court drama
The former leader of Bulgarian right-wing minority party, Martin Dimitrov, was among a group of MPs expelled from the party
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Brazilian Film Week 2012 opens in Sofia on November 26
Brazilian Film Week 2012, organised by the embassy of Brazil in Sofia and the Bulgarian National Film Archive and which runs
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Second round of cleanup of anti-Semitic and other hate speech graffiti in Sofia
Volunteers from various ethnic communities in Sofia joined on November 25 2012 in a cleanup of swastikas and other symbols
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Three nominees in the running for Bulgaria’s next prosecutor-general
Three people have been put forth as Bulgaria’s next prosecutor-general before the deadline for nominations expired, amid lingering doubts about
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Bulgaria’s failed Constitutional Court judge handed ‘golden parachute’
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has accepted the resignation of Veneta Markovska, the Constitutional Court judge that never was, handing
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Bulgarians abroad to be allowed to vote in nuclear referendum
Bulgarians living outside the country will have the opportunity to cast ballots in the January 2013 referendum on the future
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Parliament approves first step towards checking media bosses for ties to communist-era State Security
Bulgaria’s Parliament has approved the first reading of amendments that will open the way for the Dossier Commission to check
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