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What lies ahead for the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s Sergei Stanishev?

July 7, 2014July 7, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

The resignation of Sergei Stanishev as leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party has left a number of questions open, including

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev’s BSP ‘expels’ Purvanov and ABC allies

March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

At a special meeting on March 7, the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s national council voted overwhelmingly for the expulsion of Georgi

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Bulgaria 

BSP stood up to ‘subversion’ and government is a success, Stanishev tells congress

February 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev has told his party comrades that the current government is working “increasingly successfully and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party ‘withdraws trust’ in Purvanov group

February 1, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party national council has “withdrawn political trust” in Georgi Purvanov and prominent members of his rival faction

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Bulgaria 

Left side story: Purvanov turns down Stanishev overture

January 31, 2014February 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

Those Sharks and Jets of socialist politics in Bulgaria, Sergei Stanishev’s Bulgarian Socialist Party and Georgi Purvanov’s ABC, remained at

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Perspectives 

For Bulgaria, ‘months of permanent scandal ahead’

January 28, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Political commentator Dimitar Ganev, speaking on Bulgarian National Radio on January 28, said that months of permanent scandal lay ahead

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Bulgaria 

Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov’s GERB back in the lead – poll

January 26, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

The Bulgarian Socialist Party has been hard-hit by the relaunch of Georgi Purvanov’s ABC movement, with the wedge driven into

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Bulgaria 

Dark days for Bulgarian socialist leader Stanishev

January 22, 2014February 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Sergei 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 

Bulgarian socialist leader Stanishev slams ‘traitors’ backing Purvanov project

January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

Harsh language has streamed from Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Sergei Stanishev and his allies in condemnation of the rival

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