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Bulgaria 

Protest planned outside PES Council in Sofia

June 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev

Anti-government protests in Bulgaria are expected to continue over the weekend, with a separate rally planned in front of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian socialist MP apologises for calling protesters ‘internet lumpens’

June 21, 2013June 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Hristo Monov says that he apologises for using the term “internet lumpens” to describe the anti-government

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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 

Bulgarian public opinion strongly supports protests against Peevski appointment – survey

June 19, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev

The protests against the appointment of Delyan Peevski as director of the State Agency for National Security (SANS) had wide

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Bulgaria 

Nine people detained during latest protest in Sofia

June 19, 2013June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Nine people were detained on June 18 during the anti-government protest in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia. Some of them carried

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs cancel Peevski appointment at SANS

June 19, 2013June 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgarian Parliament voted on June 19 to repeal its decision to appoint Delyan Peevski as director of the State Agency

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political crisis: Socialist leadership challenge, #ignorevolen and other stories

June 18, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

As anti-government protesters in Bulgaria plan to hold a fifth rally in as many days, appeals were made in social

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Bulgaria 

Sofia city hall calls for calm as first clashes mar anti-government protest in Bulgaria

June 18, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Volen Siderov

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova asked participants in the anti-government rallies to avoid staying out late and observe the 10pm legal

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Bulgaria 

Eight injured in clashes outside Sofia HQ of Siderov’s Ataka

June 18, 2013June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Volen Siderov

Eight people, reportedly including a member of the Gendarmerie, were injured outside the Sofia headquarters of Volen Siderov’s Ataka party

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