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Poll finds Bulgarians divided over ITN quitting government

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

An express poll done by the Alpha Research agency for public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television’s weekly Referendum talk show has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Museum of Socialist Art presents ‘The Last First’ exhibition

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled “The Last First” at the Museum of Socialist Art in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia will be open

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM to name new ministers ‘when we have a majority’

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on June 14 that the ruling coalition would nominate new Cabinet ministers, to replace

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Bulgaria 

Inadequate legal response to homophobic murder: Bulgarian law must change, European court says

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

The European Court of Human Rights, in a judgment on June 14, found against Bulgaria in the case of an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Recriminations fly as ITN quits government, and some quit ITN

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

Recriminations, insults, mutual allegations of being mobsters and a threat of court action were the order of the day on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM on Trifonov’s party: Mafia just lost its coalition partner

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The co-leaders of the We Continue the Change party, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Deputy PM and Finance Minister Assen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Outgoing Cabinet minister, group of MPs quit Trifonov’s ITN party

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

Outgoing Sports Minister Radostin Vassilev and five members of Parliament told a news conference on June 13 that they were

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Bulgaria 

Drama over claims of ITN MPs defecting to back Bulgaria’s ruling WCC

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

The political melodrama following the departure of Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party from Bulgaria’s ruling coalition took another turn on June

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Bulgaria 

Long goodbye for four ITN ministers quitting Bulgaria’s government

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

All four Cabinet ministers from Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party have now tendered their resignations, but they could remain in office

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