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Stanishev, US envoy speak on Siderov case

January 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

A week after news broke of the ructions involving Volen Siderov and a group of Ataka MPs on a flight

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Bulgaria 

Purvanov’s ABC to stand separately from BSP in European Parliament elections

January 14, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

Georgi Purvanov’s ABC movement will field candidates separately from the Bulgarian Socialist Party in the country’s May 2014 European Parliament

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Bulgaria 

Kalfin quits as head of Bulgarian Socialists in European Parliament

January 13, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

In the latest twist in the battle between rival factions in the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Ivailo Kalfin has resigned

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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 

New poll: 80% of Bulgarians want early parliamentary elections

December 16, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev, Syrian refugees, Volen Siderov

Another poll has confirmed majority support among Bulgarians for the resignation of the current government and the holding of early

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling axis says it will propose cut to taxpayer-funded subsidies for political parties

December 1, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the two major parties in Bulgaria’s ruling axis, have agreed

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Bulgaria 

Noises off: Some within Bulgaria’s ruling axis talk of early elections

November 25, 2013February 11, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

While the current Bulgarian Socialist Party government is adamantly refusing to bow to months of popularly-supported public protests demanding its

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Perspectives 

The Bus Socialist Party’s day in Sofia

November 16, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev

Weaving amid the buses that crowded almost every square metre of the cobblestones outside Alexander Nevski cathedral on the day

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Perspectives 

Anti-government protests in Bulgaria: A parliament behind barricades and a ‘different reality’

November 13, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev

In the 42nd National Assembly on the morning of November 13, Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Lyutvi Mestan said

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