Bulgaria’s opposition party GERB loses another MP
Bulgaria’s largest opposition party GERB is set to lose another member of Parliament after Krassimir Stefanov lodged a request to
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Attackers of Plovdiv mosque fined for hooliganism
The first four people involved in a February 14 2014 mob attack on the historic Dzhumaya mosque in Plovdiv have
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Clearing of ground starts after court opens the way for ‘Dunegate’ project in Nessebur
The Administrative Court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas handed down a judgment on February 14 opening the
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Boiko Borissov’s GERB elects three deputy leaders
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has finessed the Tsvetan Tsvetanov problem by adding two additional deputy leaders to the party.
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Strong police presence as hundreds defy ban of far-right ‘Lukov March’ in Sofia
Defying Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova’s refusal of permission for the annual “Lukov March” honouring a 1930s ultra-nationalist leader, about 200
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Turkish ambassador ‘concerned’ over attack on Plovdiv mosque
The Turkish ambassador to Bulgaria, Süleyman Gökçe, has expressed concern at the attack on the Dzhumaya mosque in Plovdiv by
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President Plevneliev speaks out on Bulgaria’s North Korea controversy
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has spoken out sharply on statements by the government on a bilateral agreement with North Korea
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Major row sinks third day of voting on Bulgaria’s controversial new election code
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the party led and supported in the main by Bulgarians of Turkish ethnicity and
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Anti-Islamic mob of ‘football fans’ smashes windows of Plovdiv mosque
Hurling paving stones, rocks and fireworks, a large mob of protesters – many of them from football fan clubs –
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