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Bulgarian Ataka leader Siderov, MP Chukulov ‘assaulted shopkeepers’ in late-night incident in Sofia

October 10, 2015October 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has opened preliminary proceedings on a charge of hooliganism after Bulgarian far-right Ataka party leader Volen

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Bulgaria 

Court fines eight witnesses for no-show at Siderov trial

May 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Sofia City Court has fined eight witnesses who failed to appear for a May 11 hearing in the trial of

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Bulgaria 

National Audit Office to probe membership fee income of Siderov’s Ataka

April 28, 2015April 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s National Audit Office is to investigate the income declared to be from membership fees of Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalist minority

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Bulgaria 

Trial of Siderov on hooliganism, assault charges begins

March 23, 2015March 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

The Sofia City Court trial of Bulgarian far-right ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader Volen Siderov on charges of hooliganism and inflicting

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Bulgaria 

Protest to be held in Sofia against ‘Kremlin’s aggressive information campaign in Bulgaria’

February 18, 2015February 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine, Volen Siderov

A protest is to be held in Sofia on February 21 2015 calling for the “termination of the Kremlin’s information

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian far-right leader Siderov quits post as deputy head of Parliament’s foreign policy committee

December 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader Volen Siderov has resigned as deputy head of the National Assembly’s foreign policy committee, a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General to request removal of immunity of at least five MPs

October 30, 2014October 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on October 30 that he would be requesting the removal of the immunity from prosecution

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria former PM wins slander lawsuit against nationalist leader

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Volen Siderov

The Sofia City Court awarded Bulgaria’s former prime minister Boiko Borissov 180 000 leva in damages in a defamation lawsuit

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Bulgaria 

Siderov hooliganism trial postponed until after Bulgaria’s October elections

July 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

The start of the trial of ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader Volen Siderov on assault and hooliganism charges in connection with

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