Bulgaria’s recordings row: GERB freezes talks with WCC-DB on a government
Boiko Borissov’s GERB party has decided to “freeze” negotiations with We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria on a proposed government, it
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Members of religious minority held at Turkish-Bulgarian border face prison, execution if deported
More than 100 members of The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, a persecuted religious minority, who have presented themselves
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Bulgarian MPs pass bill to ease investigation, dismissal of Prosecutor-General
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: WCC-DB, GERB-UDF see Radostin Vassilev’s recording as sabotage of bid for government
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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WCC-DB’s Petkov: Dirty tricks campaign against getting a government elected in Bulgaria
We Continue the Change co-leader Kiril Petkov alleged on May 25 that there was an “active campaign” – including illicit
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Talks on government to be proposed by WCC-Democratic Bulgaria continue
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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Members of religious minority seeking asylum pushed back at Turkish-Bulgarian border
More than 100 members of a religious minority, the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, who tried to cross into
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European court: Bulgaria provided inadequate protection for 15-year-old domestic violence victim
In a judgment on May 23, the European Court of Human Rights found against Bulgaria, saying that it had failed
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WCC-DB’s Petkov: This format is not a coalition with GERB
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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