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Bulgaria Protests Rude Treatment of Volleyball Fans by Greece [Jan 12, 2012] Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has announced that it will send a note of protest over a serious incident involving Bulgarian citizens on the Bulgarian-Greek border. Bulgarian citizens with no aggressive intentions had not been allowed to see a volleyball match in Thessalon [via YahooNews] More >>

Tribute to Bulgaria's Modern Hero [Jan 09, 2012] Bulgaria bids farewell on Monday to Teodora Zaharieva ? the first Bulgarian who dared to wage a battle against the apathy and carelessness of the state towards cancer patients. The first Bulgarian who publicly took off her wig in protest. The first Bulgarian who served as the last hope for those going through the darkest of times. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria anti-Roma rally in Sofia [Oct 02, 2011] About 2,000 Bulgarians protest against Roma and what they see as links to organised crime, amid ethnic unrest ahead of presidential elections. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Braces for Nationwide Rally against Fuel Price Hike [Jul 31, 2011] Nationwide rallies are being organized Sunday afternoon against what some see as the artificially inflated prices of fuels. This is the sixth protest to be held in cities and towns across the country, organized by the civil association "Sila" (Strenght), uniting Bulgarians against the monopoly on fuels. 13 towns and cities are to take part by staging marches and blockades of key roads, according ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Right Demands Ban on Rallies near Religious Temples [May 21, 2011] Bulgaria's rightist opposition Blue Coalition will initiate legislative changes banning the demonstrations near religious temples because of Friday's incident between nationalists and Muslims in Sofia. The incident on Friday, in which the nationalist Ataka party assaulted praying Muslims in the Banya Bashi mosque, shocked Bulgaria. The Ataka party staged a protest against the loudspeakers of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling Party Denounces Subtly Ally's Assault on Muslims [May 20, 2011] Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB has condemned its own ally, the Ataka party, though in a subtle way, withouth mentioning it, over the incident in which Ataka activists assaulted praying Muslims in downtown Sofia. The incident occurred near the Banya Bashi mosque in downtown Sofia. The brawl that the nationalists and their leader Volen Siderov started as part of a protest against the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Constitutional Court Rules in Favor of Filmmakers [Apr 05, 2011] Bulgaria's Constitutional Court (KS) annulled Tuesday article 38 of the State Budget Act, which gave the government the right to not slate any funds for the film industry. This was one of the filmmakers' conditions to lift the threat of large-scale protest rallies. The Film Industry Act provides for a regular annual subsidy, based on the average budget, to fund at least 7 motion pictures, 14 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kaliakra boycott game over referee appointment [Mar 20, 2011] Bulgaria's Kaliakra boycotted their league match with Levski Sofia on Saturday in protest over the appointment of a referee for another weekend game. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kaliakra boycott game over referee appointment [Mar 19, 2011] Bulgaria's Kaliakra boycotted their league match with Levski Sofia on Saturday in protest over the appointment of a referee for another weekend game. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Right, Left Univocal in Dissing Govt's Rule of Law Record [Jan 11, 2011] Bulgaria's traditional arch-rivals, the rightist Blue Coalition and the Bulgarian Socialist Party , have independently issued indignant statements of protest against the level of unmotivated secret surveillance of state officials. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Students Rally against Austerity Measures [Oct 28, 2010] Students from Sofia University protest on October 20 against looming budget cuts that have turned into harsh reality for Bulgarian higher learning institutions. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria defends France [Sep 19, 2010] Bulgaria?s conservative government has defended the expulsion of Roma by France. ?The right of freedom of movement does not automatically guarantee the right to settle down,? Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov said ahead of a protest by Roma outside the French embassy in Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sisters Alleged Killer Goes on Hunger Strike [Aug 24, 2010] The only suspect for the brutal murder of the Belneyski sisters in Bulgaria has gone on hunger strike in protest against what he has called a judicial farce. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ensures Safe July Morning [Apr 13, 2010] July Morning celebrations in Bulgaria originated as a protest against the restrictions of the communist regime. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Doctors Stage Mass Protest on Professional Day [Apr 07, 2010] The doctors' strike in Bulgaria is entitled Day of Health-Day of Protest and coincides with April 7, the official Day of Health. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency [via YahooNews] More >>

Army of Skiers Break into Their Own Flats in Bulgaria Fraud Row (Novinite.com) [Mar 28, 2010] Protest organisers Paul and Sharon Hassall. Photo by the Daily Mail A group of Britons staged a remarkable mass break-in to seize possession of a block of holiday flats in Bulgaria that they had bought and paid for. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Stock-breeding Sector Remains in Chaos (Novinite.com) [Mar 28, 2010] Bulgaria stock breeders will stage a protest on the Trakiya Highway on Thursday, April 1, with up to 4 000 farmers expected to participate. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Drivers Shout No to Pothole (Novinite.com) [Mar 22, 2010] Bulgaria's disgruntled drivers have staged rallies across the country in protest against the country's potholed streets. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Protesting Police Officers Jeer Interior Minister (Novinite.com) [Mar 20, 2010] Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, was booed and jeered when he attended a protest by his own ministry employees. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Minister Will Not Accept Staff Salary Cuts (Novinite.com) [Mar 19, 2010] Bulgaria Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has stated that his ministry employees will not accept any cut in wages. "Following the same logic, the professional management may refuse to talk with the protesters," he added in relation to the forthcoming protest by the police. [via YahooNews] More >>