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Bulgaria Miners Keep Up Strike, Electricity Hike Looms [Jan 17, 2012] The effective strike of miners at Bulgaria's state-owned coal mining company Maritsa Iztok Mines is entering its third day on Tuesday, with protesters demanding a cash bonus. The joint Strike Committee of Bulgaria's two main labor unions ? the Confederation of Independent Syndicates in Bulgaria, KNSB, and Podkrepa Labor Confederation (Support) reported Monday morning that more than 95% of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Rulers Promise Shale Gas Ban, Protesters Claim [Jan 16, 2012] Bulgaria's ruling center-right GERB party has taken a political commitment to ban the exploration and production of shale gas in the country, according to environmentalists. Several thousand eco protesters gathered in Bulgaria's capital Sofia on Saturday in front of the House of Parliament to protest against what they see as a highly hazardous technique, hydraulic fracking, that is employed for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

The Bulgaria 2011 Review: Society [Jan 07, 2012] 2011 Protests in Bulgaria The most overused word by Bulgarian journalists in 2011 was the word "protests". The years saw protests of trade unions, railway workers, students, scientists, grain producers, tobacco growers, environmentalists and even "Occupy" protesters. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hails Arab League Initiative for Syria amidst Raging Violence [Nov 03, 2011] Bulgaria's has welcomed the peace initiative of the Arab league for Syria where oppositional protesters have risen up against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. "We welcome the agreement yesterday between the Arab League and Syria to achieve a solution to the crisis in the country. The Arab League initiative must be implemented immediately, and the first step is to stop the violence and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Novinite.com International Survey: Bulgaria-Greece [Apr 05, 2010] A Bulgarian man lights candles to commemorate Greek teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos as some 50 protesters rally outside the Greek embassy building, during a demonstration in Sofia, Bulgaria on 10 December 2008. [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 >>

Protests over plans to give police in Bulgaria the right to monitor e-mails (Times Online) [Jan 15, 2010] Protesters gathered outside Bulgaria?s parliament yesterday after the unveiling of crime-fighting measures that could give police the right to monitor all e-mails and phone calls. [via YahooNews] More >>

Protests over plans to give police in Bulgaria the right to monitor e-mails (MalaysiaNews.net) [Jan 15, 2010] END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Protesters gathered outside Bulgaria?s parliament yesterday after the unveiling of c... [via YahooNews] More >>