Bulgarian PM Borissov meets United Patriots: ‘No problems in the governing coalition’
Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov held talks on September 26 with the three co-leaders of the
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Valeri Simeonov
Sunny Beach raids: Bulgarian PM Borissov defends Simeonov
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has come to the defence of one of his deputy prime ministers, ultra-nationalist leader Valeri
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Protest, threats of court action against Bulgarian deputy PM over Sunny Beach raids
Organisers who cancelled a DJ festival at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast because of the series of raids of places of
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Bulgarian court orders nationalist politician returned to custody on people-trafficking charges
The Regional Court in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has ordered Anelia Veleva, the former Kostinbrod co-ordinator of the nationalist National
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Bulgarian Deputy PM promises stepped-up police presence in Roma area of Plovdiv
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov, who is one of the co-leaders of the nationalist United Patriots minority partner in
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Bulgarian nationalist politician accused in people-trafficking case resigns from Simeonov’s party
Anelia Veleva, co-ordinator of Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s far-right National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria party in
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Bulgarian deputy PM continues crusade against state of Sunny Beach summer holiday resort
Having announced that he wants to legislate against organised pub crawls – though it remains unclear how such a law
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Borissov’s GERB has 25.7% per cent support, the Bulgarian Socialist Party 19.6% – poll
A few months after Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has 25.7 per
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Bulgarian deputy prime minister pledges law against ‘alcohol tourism’ at Black Sea coastline
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov has promised to bring to an end “alcohol tourism” – excursions built around cheap
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