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Siderov, Mareshki table resolution calling on Bulgarian PM to oppose EU sanctions against Hungary

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Hungary, Volen Siderov

The leader of the far-right Ataka party, Volen Siderov, and of Parliament’s smallest party, Vesselin Mareshki, have tabled a resolution

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Bulgarian government far-right minority partners patch up differences

September 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The United Patriots, the grouping of far-right and nationalist parties that is the minority partner in Bulgaria’s coalition government, issued

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Bulgarian government coalition council held amid infighting produces ‘coalition is united’ pledge

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

A four-hour meeting of the Bulgarian government’s coalition council on the evening of September 3 – held amid tensions over

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist minority party stops short of quitting governing coalition

September 3, 2018September 7, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) party will remain part of the

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Ruling coalition is stable

July 26, 2018July 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s ruling coalition is stable and the misunderstandings have been smoothed out, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 26

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political melodrama: Ataka leader Siderov claims Simeonov’s MP attacked him

July 26, 2018July 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

An emergency meeting of the coalition council of the parties in Bulgaria’s government was called on July 26 to try

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Bulgaria 

GERB parliamentary leader Tsvetanov: Bulgaria’s government ‘is stable’

July 26, 2018July 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s coalition government is stable, according to Tsvetan Tsvetanov, parliamentary leader of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, commenting on

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Bulgaria 

Day of drama as tensions in Bulgaria government minority partner reach Cabinet

July 25, 2018July 29, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The regular weekly meeting of Bulgaria’s Cabinet on July 25 had an irregular element – the presence of Volen Siderov,

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Bulgaria 

Fighting each other on Bulgaria’s beaches: Siderov and Simeonov

July 23, 2018July 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The tensions between two of the co-leaders of Bulgarian government minority partner the United Patriots are continuing to surge. The

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