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BULGARIA: Month of Evangelical Protests

BULGARIA: Month of Evangelical Protests

Vote on the new legislation is now postponed for 2019, however several committees still need to approve any new changes  After 7 street protests since November, evangelicals call off protests for the holidays with one last stand on December 16, 2018 The situation in Bulgaria was reported to the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe  The case of Bulgaria was presented before the European Parli... »

#Bosnia Protests: A New Balkan Spring?

For years the best description of the political situation in Bosnia-Hercegovina has been “stagnant but stable”. Now, with astonishing speed, analysts are already talking about a “Bosnian Spring”. In Tuzla, Mostar, Zenica and Sarajevo, government buildings have been set on fire and there have been demonstrations across much of the rest of the country. Hundreds have been inju... »

New Protests in Bulgaria over New Security Chief

BBC News: Opposition MPs in the Bulgarian parliament have protested after a media tycoon was appointed to head the national security agency. Delyan Peevski, 32, a member of the country’s Turkish minority party, was voted into the post without a debate by the ruling Socialists and their allies. He had been nominated by the new Prime [...] »