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Pro-government mass rally in Bulgaria’s capital kicks off days of protests, for and against

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kiril Petkov

There was a rapturous welcome from a crowd of thousands on June 20 as Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Cabinet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital set for series of protests as government’s fate to be decided

June 19, 2022June 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is set to see a series of large-scale protests in the week in which Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM continuing to seek support against defeat in no-confidence vote

June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev, Slavi Trifonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister and We Continue the Change party co-leader Kiril Petkov is continuing to seek support among MPs to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament sets no-confidence debate for June 21

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

Acting Speaker of the National Assembly Miroslav Ivanov has convened a special sitting of Parliament for June 21 at 11am

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Another MP quits Trifonov’s ITN party

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

An MP for Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party, Kiril Simeonov, said in the National Assembly on June 17 that he was

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Bulgaria 

‘Mafia out’: Protests at ouster of Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament, as no-confidence motion looms

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov

Outraged crowds surrounded Bulgaria’s Parliament on the evening of June 16 after opposition parties, now including former ruling coalition partner

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Bulgaria’s government failing on corruption, inflation, foreign policy

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov

Seventy-five per cent of Bulgarians believe that the current government is failing in the fight against corruption, inflation and on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s opposition GERB seeks no-confidence motion against government

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

GERB, the largest opposition group in Bulgaria’s Parliament, is seeking signatures for a motion of no confidence in the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Poll finds Bulgarians divided over ITN quitting government

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

An express poll done by the Alpha Research agency for public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television’s weekly Referendum talk show has

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