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‘We’ve Made History’: Ireland Joins France, Germany And Bulgaria In Banning Fracking​

July 4, 2017 Lorraine Chow, www.ecowatch.com , , , , ,
By Lorraine Chow for Eco Watch - McLoughlin also issued a statement that mentioned the impact of fracking in the U.S.: This law will mean communities in the West and North West of Ireland will be safeguarded from the negative effects of hydraulic fracking. Counties such as Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Clare will no longer face negative effects like those seen in cities and towns in the United States, where many areas have now decided to implement similar bans to the one before us. If fracking was allowed to take place in Ireland and Northern Ireland it would pose significant threats to the air, water and the health and safety of individuals and communities here. Fracking must be seen as a serious public health and environmental concern for Ireland. Environmental group Friends of the Earth Ireland celebrated the bill's passage. "A day to celebrate. A day for #ClimatePride. The Irish parliament has passed a law to #BanFracking.

After Year Of Protests Bulgaria Cabinet To Resign

June 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe, www.sofiaglobe.com , ,
Bulgaria should hold early parliamentary elections at the end of July 2014, with the cabinet resigning in coming days after the National Assembly rejects the latest opposition motion of no confidence in the cabinet, Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev told a plenum meeting of the party on June 10. The date of the end of July is at variance with calls by other parties, notably centre-right opposition GERB, to hold early parliamentary elections at the end of September simultaneously with a referendum on electoral reforms. Stanishev was addressing the meeting of the BSP national council against a background of the decisive defeat dealt to the party in Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections. The dismal performance of the BSP at the European Parliament elections, the latest defeat to which Stanishev led the party – including its second place in May 2013 parliamentary elections – reignited calls for the resignation of the government. Stanishev’s announcement came just a few days before a planned mass rally in central Sofia to mark the anniversary of the June 14 2013 beginning of hugely-supported public protests

Students Try to Occupy Bulgarian Parliament Building

November 17, 2013 Max Rivlin-Nadler and David M. Herszenhorn, www.nytimes.com , ,
Student protesters tried but failed to occupy the Bulgarian Parliament building here on Friday, then marched through the city center and broke through four police cordons in the latest of a series of angry demonstrations against the center-left government of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski. There were no reports of serious violence, and the police made only scattered arrests before the student demonstrators retreated to the main building of Sofia University, which they have occupied since Oct. 23, bringing classes to a halt. Officials were bracing for the possibility of additional unrest at rallies by rival political parties this weekend. Bulgaria has been convulsed by near constant protests since mid-June, when citizens took to the streets in outrage over the appointment of Delyan Peevski, a politically connected media magnate, as the head of the State Agency for National Security. Although Mr. Peevski resigned, some protesters said his selection proved that shadowy business interests controlled the government.

Bulgarian Students Join Anti-Government Protests, Occupy University Buildings

October 29, 2013 Thomas Seymat, www.euronews.com ,
In recent days, Bulgaria’s capital Sofia has witnessed a series of student protests and the occupation of university buildings that have injected new life into a persistent anti-government movement that is now into its 138th day. The latest developments started when, on Wednesday October 23, students occupied “Lecture Hall 272”, the largest teaching room in Sofia University’s St. Kliment Ohridski building. Among their objectives is to force the resignation of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski’s government and see new general elections as soon as possible.

Bulgarians to Occupy Parliament on 20th Day of Anti-Govt Protests

July 8, 2013 Novinite.com
For a sixth morning in a row, Bulgarians will stage a coffee-drinking anti-government protest in front of the Parliament building in downtown Sofia. The demonstration on Wednesday morning is expected to be the largest rally held in front of Parliament so far, according to reports of Darik radio. The anti-government protest starts at 8 am and is to last until midnight. People are invited to wear white doctors' aprons symbolizing the strive for "civic treatment" aimed at curing politics of mafia dependencies and the impact of nationalist leader Volen Siderov. The organizers of the event plan to remain in front of the Parliament building until their demands are fulfilled in a sort of Occupy-like demonstration.