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Bulgaria: Candidate MP allegedly involved in fake Covid certificate scheme

November 7, 2021November 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, new coronavirus, Valeri Simeonov

One of those involved in a scheme selling fake Covid certificates, exposed by a television report, is a candidate in

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Bulgaria 

Simeonov: Coalition council decided Bulgaria’s government, PM Borissov, will not resign

August 6, 2020August 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

A meeting of the coalition council of Bulgaria’s ruling parties on August 6 decided that neither Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

Protests against election of Simeonov as Bulgarian Parliament’s Deputy Speaker

November 22, 2019November 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

Mothers of children with disabilities and NGOs are protesting against the election of Valeri Simeonov, leader of ultra-nationalist party the

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Bulgaria 

Valeri Simeonov elected Deputy Speaker of National Assembly

November 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

Valeri Simeonov, leader of the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria – part of the ultra-nationalist minority partner in

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Bulgaria 

Questions for Bulgaria’s ruling coalition as ‘Patriots’ split

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Clarity is awaited on what the split in ultra-nationalist coalition the United Patriots means – if anything – for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist United Patriots coalition ‘officially disbanded’

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Two of the parties in the United Patriots, the ultra-nationalist grouping that is the minority partner in Bulgarian Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament probes lawfulness of ouster of Siderov

July 11, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, Tsveta Karayancheva, has ordered an investigation into whether the ouster of Ataka leader Volen

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Bulgaria 

Siderov says his ouster means ‘torpedoing’ of Bulgaria’s governing coalition

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Ataka leader Volen Siderov, ousted as leader of the parliamentary group of the United Patriots, accused the leaders of the

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Bulgaria 

Siderov ousted as leader of Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ coalition parliamentary group

July 10, 2019July 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The leader of Bulgaria’s Ataka party, Volen Siderov, has been ousted as leader of the parliamentary group of the ultra-nationalist

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