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Battle looms in Bulgaria over next changes to security services

August 26, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

The embattled Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) government is pressing ahead with its grasping for a consolidation of power through restructuring

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Bulgaria 

Tension in central Sofia as rival protest groups gather outside Parliament during Budget veto debate

August 16, 2013August 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer and Alex Bivol Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova called for calm amid tensions in the centre of the Bulgarian capital city as rival protest

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s summer recess to be interrupted to discuss presidential veto of budget amendments

August 11, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly will hold a special sitting in the week beginning August 12, interrupting its month-long summer recess, to

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Bulgarian Socialist Party government continues campaign to demonise President Plevneliev

August 9, 2013May 10, 2024 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

The veto by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev of crucial parts of the Budget 2013 amendments approved by Bulgarian Socialist Party

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Bulgarian President vetoes Budget revision

August 7, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on August 7 that he vetoed parts of the Budget revision bill, which Parliament passed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President to challenge eavesdropping bill at Constitutional Court

August 6, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on August 6 that he will challenge the recent amendments to the Special Surveillance Means

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Bulgaria 

All eyes on whether Bulgarian President will put a spoke in the wheels of socialist billion-leva budget tinkering

August 6, 2013August 22, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

By August 7, it should become clear whether Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has decided to exercise his limited right of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns veto on amendments to eavesdropping law

August 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on August 2 to overturn the veto imposed by President Rossen Plevneliev on the amendments to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev ‘ready’ to veto controversial Budget amendments

July 30, 2013August 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is ready to veto controversial amendments to Budget 2013 – proposed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party

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