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As Bulgarian anti-government protests reach 80th day, poll shows increasing disapproval of government

September 1, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

Anti-government protests demanding the immediate resignation of the Bulgarian Socialist Party administration reached their 80th day on September 1, with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s summer recess to be interrupted to discuss presidential veto of budget amendments

August 11, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly will hold a special sitting in the week beginning August 12, interrupting its month-long summer recess, to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian pro-government rapper in anti-Semitic slur against former finance minister

August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski

A controversial rapper who has been a vocal leader of the daily gatherings of about 100 people in support of

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Bulgaria 

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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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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