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Bulgaria 

Sofia University authorities call for action against occupying anti-government protesters

January 26, 2014January 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The academic council of Sofia University, where a group of anti-government protesters started a new occupation of the central campus

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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 

Anti-government students start new occupation of Sofia University

January 25, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

A group of students protesting against the Bulgarian government began a new occupation of Sofia University soon after midnight on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court dismisses President’s challenge against Peevski

January 14, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has ruled as inadmissible the challenge lodged by President Rossen Plevneliev against the appointment of Delyan Peevski

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Perspectives 

Could Purvanov project split the BSP vote?

January 12, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian media reports that former president Georgi Purvanov was reviving his ABC Movement prompted a flurry of political comment, including

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Bulgaria 

Report on Peevski on French-German TV network sparks controversy

January 12, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Tsvetlin Yovchev

A report on French-German television network Arte TV on anti-corruption protests in Bulgaria showed some of the extensive properties said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-government protests plan ‘radical’ reception for MPs on January 15

January 10, 2014January 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The January 10 2014 anti-government protest, the 211th day of the continuing campaign, saw the number of police deployed around

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in 2013: An ‘Annus Horribilis’ in pictures

January 6, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Boiko Borissov, Bourgas terrorist attack, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, energy, macroeconomic indicators, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Syrian refugees

Arguably the first indication that Bulgaria was set for a year both bizarre and beset with turbulence was the strange

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Bulgaria 

Thousands turn out for Bulgaria’s anti-government ‘Resignation at Christmas’ protest

December 26, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Home for the holidays, Bulgarian expatriates and students studying abroad joined in the “Resignation at Christmas” anti-government protest on December

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