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Bulgarian police admits bus window broken from inside during protester clashes – updated

July 29, 2013August 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgarian police acknowledged on July 29 that the broken window on the bus that attempted to extract MPs and ministers

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Bulgaria 

Participants in anti-government protests challenge government leaders to debate

July 29, 2013July 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Four participants in the daily protests by many thousands of Bulgarians demanding the government’s resignation have issued a challenge to

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Bulgaria 

Controversy over embattled Bulgarian Parliament voting itself a vacation

July 26, 2013July 26, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests

The proposal by Bulgaria’s Parliament – for weeks a focus of anti-government protests by many thousands of people demanding the

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Perspectives 

Why doesn’t the Bulgarian government resign? 10 reasons…

July 26, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests

For distant observers, noting the spectacle of well more than a month of turnouts of many thousands of Bulgarians to

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Bulgaria 

Human Rights Watch joins calls for official investigation into police action at anti-government protest

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

The Bulgarian government should open an investigation into police action during the violent clashes on the evening of July 23

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Oresharski breaks silence

July 25, 2013July 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski

Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski broke his media silence on July 25, nearly 36 hours after the ongoing anti-government protests

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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 

Bulgarian prosecutors investigating police conduct in clash with anti-government protesters

July 25, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgarian prosecutors are investigating the conduct of police, including alleged assault, in the clash with anti-government protesters in Sofia on

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Bulgaria 

Many thousands of Bulgarians at anti-government peaceful protest on first night after clashes

July 25, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The 41st consecutive night of protests by several thousands of Bulgarians demanding the government’s resignation passed peacefully, in a largely

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