Bulgarian Parliament sets up committee on removing immunity of Ataka’s Siderov, Chukolov
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on October 28 to set up an all-party ad hoc committee to deal
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Protests for and against Siderov as Parliament considers his fate
Groups for and against Ataka leader Volen Siderov gathered near Bulgaria’s National Assembly before its sitting opened on October 28,
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Bulgaria’s move to change constitution on MPs’ immunity may face difficult path
Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, the majority partner in government and the largest party in the National Assembly, was starting consultations
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Huge protest in Sofia demands removal of Siderov’s immunity from prosecution
More than 1000 people gathered in the centre of Sofia on the evening of October 26 to demand that Ataka leader
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Siderov scandal: Bulgaria’s ruling party seeks constitutional change on MPs’ immunity from prosecution
Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, the majority partner in government and the largest party in Parliament, says that it will open
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Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General asks Parliament to authorise arrest of Ataka’s Siderov, Chukolov
Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has asked Parliament to authorise the arrest of Ataka party leader Volen Siderov and Ataka MP
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Bulgarian far-right leader Siderov at centre of late-night fracas in Sofia – again
Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria’s far-right Ataka party, was involved in a late-night fracas in central Sofia on October 25
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Bulgarian Parliament to decide on removing Siderov’s immunity only after municipal elections
Bulgaria’s National Assembly will decide on the Prosecutor-General’s request to remove the immunity from prosecution of Ataka leader Volen Siderov
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Borissov on Siderov incident: Let Parliament and prosecutors do their job
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 11 that he did not want to comment on the late-night incident
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