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Borissov lambasts government over response to protests

July 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests

In his first appearance in Parliament for several weeks after a prolonged boycott of its sittings his party, Bulgaria’s former

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Bulgaria 

Group announces split from Borissov’s GERB party

July 7, 2013July 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

A group, said to include members of the executive committee of Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, has announced that they

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Bulgaria 

Members of European Parliament debate political crisis in Bulgaria

July 2, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plamen Oresharski, Volen Siderov

As several thousand protesters turned out in Bulgaria’s major cities for the 19th day of peaceful demonstrations in support of

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Bulgaria 

Unrest in Bulgaria’s former ruling party – reports

June 25, 2013June 25, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Some members of Bulgaria’s centre-right former ruling party GERB want its deputy leader to be dumped because he has become

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s protests: what will follow?

June 22, 2013October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

The anti-government protests in Sofia on the evening of June 22 gathered what reporters saw as a new record number

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Bulgaria 

The longest day for Bulgaria

June 21, 2013July 10, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarians woke up on June 21, in the northern hemisphere the longest day, to the news that after a marathon

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in a deepening crisis, President Plevneliev says after security council debacle

June 20, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said that the country is in a deepening crisis and, again effectively siding with the many

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria political crisis: Siderov’s slapstick antics and Borissov’s assassination fears

June 20, 2013July 10, 2013 Alex Bivol Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Volen Siderov

The sitting of the Consultative Council on National Security, called by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev on June 20, descended into

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Bulgaria 

Uproar at nomination of Peevski to head State Agency for National Security

June 14, 2013June 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski

A loud hubbub, ironic applause, catcalls and a walkout by former ruling party GERB were the reactions in Parliament on

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