Bulgaria’s opposition GERB seeks no-confidence motion against government
GERB, the largest opposition group in Bulgaria’s Parliament, is seeking signatures for a motion of no confidence in the country’s
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Poll finds Bulgarians divided over ITN quitting government
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’s Museum of Socialist Art presents ‘The Last First’ exhibition
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’s PM to name new ministers ‘when we have a majority’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on June 14 that the ruling coalition would nominate new Cabinet ministers, to replace
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Inadequate legal response to homophobic murder: Bulgarian law must change, European court says
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: Recriminations fly as ITN quits government, and some quit ITN
Recriminations, insults, mutual allegations of being mobsters and a threat of court action were the order of the day on
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Bulgarian PM on Trifonov’s party: Mafia just lost its coalition partner
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: Outgoing Cabinet minister, group of MPs quit Trifonov’s ITN party
Outgoing Sports Minister Radostin Vassilev and five members of Parliament told a news conference on June 13 that they were
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Drama over claims of ITN MPs defecting to back Bulgaria’s ruling WCC
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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