Analysis: Round and round on Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ roundabout
Misnomers in the names of political formations are common. Not all parties, or for that matter countries, that call themselves
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Bulgarian PM Borissov vows Simeonov controversy should not bring down government
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 22 that he would not force United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov to
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Bulgarian Ataka leader Siderov demands coalition council, wants Simeonov’s resignation as Deputy PM
The infighting in Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist United Patriots continued on October 22 as Ataka leader Volen Siderov demanded a meeting of
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Ructions in Bulgarian ultra-nationalist coalition as Simeonov’s party hits back at Siderov
Bulgaria’s coalition of ultra-nationalist parties, the United Patriots, has hit its latest turbulence with Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s party
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‘Off air’ Siderov’s TV channel shows slides attacking Soros and Simeonov
The strange saga of the supposedly “off air” television channel of Bulgaria’s far-right Ataka party leader Volen Siderov took a
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Mouthpiece TV channel of Volen Siderov’s Ataka party ‘stops broadcasting’
Televizia Alfa, the mouthpiece television channel of Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader Volen Siderov, stopped broadcasting on the evening of
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Bulgarian government coalition council meeting cancelled again
For a second consecutive week, a meeting of the coalition council of Bulgaria’s ruling parties has been postponed, it emerged
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Bulgarian coalition government partners divided over choice of new Interior Ministry chief
A meeting of the Bulgarian government coalition council that had been scheduled for October 8 has been postponed until October
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Bulgarian Ataka leader Siderov wants his party to hold post of Interior Ministry chief secretary
Volen Siderov, leader of the Ataka party – part of the United Patriots, the ultra-nationalist grouping that is the minority
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