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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Boiko Borissov
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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Bid to backtrack on Oresharski blunder on threat to public servants
A further attempt has been made to backtrack on Plamen Oresharski’s controversial statement that people on the public payroll who
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Anti-government protests in Bulgaria: A parliament behind barricades and a ‘different reality’
In the 42nd National Assembly on the morning of November 13, Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Lyutvi Mestan said
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Borissov says he has lodged court action against TV boss-turned-politician for slander
Boiko Borissov, leader of the opposition centre-right GERB party and former prime minister, has said that he has lodged court
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Approval rating of Bulgarian government plummets to new low – poll
Public trust in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government has fallen to a new low, below the “critical” 20 per cent
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Bulgaria’s ruling axis pushes penalties for denying quorum for sittings of Parliament
With the support of members of the parties of Bulgaria’s ruling axis – the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Movement for
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