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Tensions erupt yet again in Bulgaria’s government minority partner

July 19, 2018July 23, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Internal strife is again out in the open in the United Patriots, the grouping of far-right and ultra-nationalist parties that

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Bulgaria 

Row in Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ over meetings with leader of opposition socialists

May 8, 2018May 9, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The latest ructions in Bulgarian government minority partner the United Patriots – a grouping of ultra-nationalist and far-right parties –

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Bulgaria 

Row in Bulgarian nationalist coalition continues after Simeonov refuses to apologise to Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 9, 2018March 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Russia, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

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

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM’s GERB party calls on President to release transcript of his meeting with Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 8, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Russia, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The parliamentary group of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party issued a call on March 8 for President

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian deputy PM’s verbal assault on Russian Patriarch sparks row in ‘United Patriots’

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Russia, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

After Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and nationalist United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov hit out in a television interview against Russian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling parties: ‘Coalition is stable’

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s governing coalition is stable, the partners in the ruling majority said after talks in the Parliament building on February

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist co-leader Simeonov calls into question future of coalition

February 19, 2018February 21, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of the United Patriots nationalist coalition that is the minority partner in Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalists keep up attacks on Greens MEP Ska Keller

February 11, 2018February 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian far-right and nationalist politicians have continued verbal attacks on Greens MEP Ska Keller, even after the government distanced itself

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian far-right leader hints at early elections if Istanbul Convention is adopted

February 11, 2018February 12, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of the parliamentary group of the nationalist United Patriots – minority partner in the Bulgarian government –

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