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Bulgarian Socialist Party leadership in bid for damage control on ban on land sales to foreigners

October 23, 2013February 11, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leadership will provide enough MPs to make up the numbers of a Movement for Rights

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Bulgaria 

GERB tables second no-confidence motion in Bulgarian Socialist Party government

October 10, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB opposition party has tabled its second motion of no confidence in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government,

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Bulgaria 

Being there: Bulgaria’s parliamentary quorum ‘hostage’ drama

October 7, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

After the latest incident in which a sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament was aborted because of a lack of a quorum,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party ‘would get most votes’ were elections held now, poll says

October 2, 2013October 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) would get the largest share of votes in a narrow lead over Boiko Borissov’s centre-right

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Bulgaria 

As Bulgarian anti-government protests reach 80th day, poll shows increasing disapproval of government

September 1, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

Anti-government protests demanding the immediate resignation of the Bulgarian Socialist Party administration reached their 80th day on September 1, with

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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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political crisis: Ten injured, socialists blame political opponents and other reactions

July 24, 2013July 31, 2013 Alex Bivol Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev

Ten people were reported to have received treatment at Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia for light injuries in clashes with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian socialist leader defends billion leva budget revision

July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev

Some hours before Bulgaria’s Parliament was asked to approve the Cabinet move to revise Budget 2013 adding a billion leva

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Bulgaria 

Ataka was good enough for you, Stanishev taunts GERB…and other stories

July 2, 2013May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian Socialist Party and Party of European Socialists leader Sergei Stanishev, under continuing criticism for the socialist government’s dependence on

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