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URGENT: Religious freedom under attack in Bulgaria

URGENT: Religious freedom under attack in Bulgaria

On November 11th, 18th and 25th all evangelical churches in Bulgaria are openly protesting in the streets a new restrictive bill on religion, which allows government control over churches across the country as follows: (1) Funding, which does not originate from Bulgaria will become illegal (2) All denominations must present before the court a list of the names of at least 3,000 members or have the... »

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 [...] »