Ataka mounts counter-attack over Varna Airport clash
Two members of Parliament for ultra-nationalists Ataka who were present at the January 6 incident at Varna Airport in which
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Volen Siderov
Could Purvanov project split the BSP vote?
Bulgarian media reports that former president Georgi Purvanov was reviving his ABC Movement prompted a flurry of political comment, including
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Siderov scandal presents damaging dilemma for Bulgaria’s ruling axis
For the majority partners in Bulgaria’s ruling axis, the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the Varna
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Siderov scandal: Diplomat was threatened because she was French – ambassador
French diplomat Stephanie Dumortier was threatened precisely because she was French, Paris’s ambassador in Sofia Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes told
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Protests in Sofia for and against Siderov
Volen Siderov was the subject of two protests organised in Sofia on January 8, one to demand the withdrawal of
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Siderov involved in row with French diplomat, fracas at Varna Airport
Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria’s ultranationalist Ataka party, was involved in a scuffle with a fellow passenger in a runway
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New poll: 80% of Bulgarians want early parliamentary elections
Another poll has confirmed majority support among Bulgarians for the resignation of the current government and the holding of early
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Of sign language, selfies and Siderov
There is no embarrassment in admitting that late last Thursday night, after the death of Nelson Mandela was announced, I
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Noises off: Some within Bulgaria’s ruling axis talk of early elections
While the current Bulgarian Socialist Party government is adamantly refusing to bow to months of popularly-supported public protests demanding its
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