Dark days for Bulgarian socialist leader Stanishev
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Sergei Stanishev is finding himself facing reverses on a number of fronts, but the extent
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Bulgaria’s security agency to investigate new bugging allegations
Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security (SANS) is to investigate an allegation by centre-right opposition GERB party leader Boiko Borissov
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Bulgarian politicians in new eavesdropping row
The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right opposition GERB party, former prime minister Boiko Borissov, has said that he will approach the
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Posturing and protests as Bulgaria’s Parliament resumes
Bulgaria’s 42nd National Assembly resumed proceedings on January 15 after the festive season recess, with a strong police presence outside
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Kalfin quits as head of Bulgarian Socialists in European Parliament
In the latest twist in the battle between rival factions in the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Ivailo Kalfin has resigned
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Could Purvanov project split the BSP vote?
Bulgarian media reports that former president Georgi Purvanov was reviving his ABC Movement prompted a flurry of political comment, including
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Bulgaria in 2013: An ‘Annus Horribilis’ in pictures
Arguably the first indication that Bulgaria was set for a year both bizarre and beset with turbulence was the strange
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New poll: 80% of Bulgarians want early parliamentary elections
Another poll has confirmed majority support among Bulgarians for the resignation of the current government and the holding of early
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Second MP quits GERB parliamentary group
Svetlin Tanchev resigned from the GERB parliamentary group on December 10 2013, the second MP to leave Bulgaria’s largest opposition
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