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Tensions erupt yet again in Bulgaria’s government minority partner

July 19, 2018July 23, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Internal strife is again out in the open in the United Patriots, the grouping of far-right and ultra-nationalist parties that

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Bulgaria 

Simeonov slams Borissov’s acceptance of deputy minister’s resignation over expensive flights

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

In the latest ructions in Bulgaria’s ruling coalition, Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov has publicly criticised Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

Official investigation contradicts Simeonov’s claims about ‘illegal’ beach bars at Sunny Beach

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works has announced the results of an investigation that found that, in spite

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Bulgaria 

Beach battles: Bulgarian Deputy PM complains to Prosecutor-General about Tourism Minister

June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

The strange spectacle of the confrontation between Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov and Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova continued on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet ministers disagree over fate of ‘illegal’ restaurants and clubs at Sunny Beach

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Cabinet ministers are at odds over the future of five restaurants and bars on the south beach of the

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Bulgaria 

Row in Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ over meetings with leader of opposition socialists

May 8, 2018May 9, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The latest ructions in Bulgarian government minority partner the United Patriots – a grouping of ultra-nationalist and far-right parties –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government nationalist minority partner says country should not apologise for deportation of Jews from ‘new lands’

March 11, 2018March 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Macedonia, Valeri Simeonov

The National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria, part of the United Patriots grouping of far-right and nationalist parties that

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Bulgaria 

Row in Bulgarian nationalist coalition continues after Simeonov refuses to apologise to Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 9, 2018March 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Russia, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Tensions in Bulgaria’s United Patriots coalition, the grouping of nationalist and far-right parties that is the minority partner in government,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM’s GERB party calls on President to release transcript of his meeting with Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 8, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Russia, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The parliamentary group of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party issued a call on March 8 for President

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