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Bulgarian MPs pass bill to ease investigation, dismissal of Prosecutor-General

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved at second reading on May 26 amendments to the country’s Judiciary Act that set the procedure

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: WCC-DB, GERB-UDF see Radostin Vassilev’s recording as sabotage of bid for government

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023, Kiril Petkov

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria and GERB-UDF see the release of a recording claimed to be of WCC-DB internal discussions

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Bulgaria 

WCC-DB’s Petkov: Dirty tricks campaign against getting a government elected in Bulgaria

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

We Continue the Change co-leader Kiril Petkov alleged on May 25 that there was an “active campaign” – including illicit

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Bulgaria 

Talks on government to be proposed by WCC-Democratic Bulgaria continue

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

At the point that the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition receives the second mandate to seek to form a

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Bulgaria 

Members of religious minority seeking asylum pushed back at Turkish-Bulgarian border

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

More than 100 members of a religious minority, the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, who tried to cross into

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Bulgaria 

European court: Bulgaria provided inadequate protection for 15-year-old domestic violence victim

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

In a judgment on May 23, the European Court of Human Rights found against Bulgaria, saying that it had failed

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Bulgaria 

WCC-DB’s Petkov: This format is not a coalition with GERB

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria’s Kiril Petkov said on May 23 that the proposed government format – which involves a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria appears a step closer to an elected government

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on May 22 that he would “within the next few days” hand over the second

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Bulgaria 

GERB-UDF, We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria announce deal on government

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria candidate Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and his GERB-UDF counterpart Maria Gabriel announced on May 22

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