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Volen Siderov enters the battle for mayor of Sofia.

He said that joining the last moment in this battle, he believes that sociology is about to change and he will be one of those who will go on the run-оff.

The Security Council with the Bulgarian government will hold a meeting on 30 of March to discuss the case with the Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and hear the Bulgarian Ambassador in Russia Boiko Kotsev, the government's press office said on 29th of March.

The Skripal case will be discussed at the meeting.

Is there a disagreement with the ruling coalition? Or rather in one of its constituent parts. The leader of the Political Party ATAKA  and of the parliamentary group of the United Patriots Volen Siderov may not vote in favor of the government of the upcoming mistrust vote, submitted two days ago by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). This is what he said to iNews, as well as to Alfa TV.

Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka party, which favors annexing parts of Serbia inhabited by ethnic Bulgarians, is set to join the government for the first time.

Ataka is a part of a coalition dubbed United Patriots, described by AFP as "pro-Russian," which has reached a coalition agreement with former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's "pro-European" GERB.

Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka party, which favors annexing parts of Serbia inhabited by ethnic Bulgarians, is set to join the government for the first time.

Ataka is a part of a coalition dubbed United Patriots, described by AFP as "pro-Russian," which has reached a coalition agreement with former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's "pro-European" GERB.

The co-chairman of the Coalition "United Patriots - NFSB, VMRO and Ataka" - Valeri Simeonov voiced dissatisfaction with the results the formation obtains and admitted that he expected them to be higher, according to BNR.

Former lawmaker Valentin Nikolov has quit the Patriotic Front coalition, rejecting its move to run together with far-right Ataka party in the upcoming early election.

Nikolov has followed the example of Dimitar Bayraktarov, calling the coalition "unprincipled" in an interview with private broadcaster NOVA TV.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has acknowledged there has been a "problem" between him and the Vice President, Margarita Popova.

"We have not met in a year," he has added.

Regardless of tense relations, however, the two "managed to preserve the institution", he has argued, in an interview with NOVA TV station ten days before leaving office.

Bulgarian Socialists have invited the other opposition political parties in Parliament for talks on potential joint action against the centre-right minority coalition government led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.