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Bulgaria's Rulers Go for Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration [Jan 16, 2012] Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB has decided to approve a temporary moratorium on the exploration and extraction of shale gas amidst a day after mass protest rallies took place in 12 Bulgarian cities over the issue. Thus, the Parliamentary Group of the GERB party will accept the proposals of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, the nationalist party Ataka, and the marginal ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Nationalists Attack: Like Stepfather, Like Stepson [Nov 22, 2011] Bulgaria's largest nationalist party "Ataka", i.e. "Attack" ? the only self-described nationalist formation with any tangible following ? has seemingly started to fall apart. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex EU Lady to Face Court over Presidential Bid [Aug 18, 2011] Bulgaria's former European Commissioner Meglena Kuneva is likely to end up at the Constitutional Court as the controversy over her eligibility for presidential runner mounts. The country's biggest nationalist party Ataka has renewed its efforts to prevent the country's former European Commissioner from running for president, saying she does not have the constitutional and moral right to do that ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Far Right on the Defensive, Vows to Counter 'Islamist Aggression' [May 24, 2011] Bulgaria's far-right and nationalist party Ataka has started a campaign against the demands that it should be banned, while declaring itself as the "last bastion against Islamist aggression." After last Friday, activists of the Ataka party led by its leader Volen Siderov assaulted praying Muslims in the Banya Bashi mosque in downtown Sofia during a protest rally against the loudspeakers used by ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Shocked as Nationalist Leader Triggers Brawl On Air [May 22, 2011] The anchor of a popular Bulgarian radio broadcast was forced to interrupt it after a nationalist leader and an ethnic Turkish politician went for a fight while on air. "The physical clash was provoked by Volen Siderov, there is no point in beating about the bush or lying," the anchor Velichko Konakchiev explained from his studio later, referring to the leader of the nationalist party Ataka. "The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Nationalist Party Hit by Defection [Dec 10, 2010] The parliamentary group of Bulgarian nationalist party Ataka, a key ally of the minority center-right government, suffered the defection of one of its members, shrinking to twenty. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Rulers Adopt 2011 Budget Deficit of Almost 3% of GDP [Dec 03, 2010] Bulgaria's Parliament has adopted at second reading the 2011 State Budget Act after 15 hours of debates that went late into the night. The budget bill was adopted at second reading only with the votes of the ruling center-right party GERB and their allies from the nationalist party Ataka. [via YahooNews] More >>

Israel Slams Bulgarias Nationalist Leader over Anti-Semitic "Lies" [May 06, 2010] Bulgaria's far-right, nationalist party Ataka, Volen Siderov, claims one of the country's alleged top criminals had provided prostitutes for the Israel's Embassy in Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Nationalist Stirs Israel's Embassy Outrage [May 03, 2010] The Israeli Embassy in Sofia distributed Monday a press release in connection with statements of the leader of Bulgaria's far-right, nationalist party Ataka Volen Siderov made in an TV interview Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Nationalist Stirs Israel's Embassy Outrage [May 03, 2010] Bulgaria's far-right, nationalist party Ataka, Volen Siderov, claims one of the country's alleged top criminals had provided prostitutes for the Israel's Embassy in Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Nationalist Leader Escapes Insult Proceedings (Novinite.com) [Mar 29, 2010] Bulgaria nationalist party leader Volen Siderov has had all legal proceedings for insulting behavior dropped. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria National Leader Apologizes for Causing Lufthansa Scandal (Novinite.com) [Feb 11, 2010] Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria?s nationalist party ?Ataka?, has apologized to the German company Lufthansa after he caused a scandal on a Sofia-Frankfurt passenger jet last week. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Nationalist Party VMRO Torn by Internal Dissent (Novinite.com) [Jan 08, 2010] A total of 3 500 members of Bulgaria?s nationalist party VMRO have signed a petition for holding a new Congress in order to remove the current leader Krasimir Karakachanov. [via YahooNews] More >>