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LUKoil is not a pair of shoes or a bottle of mineral water. You cannot sell an oil refinery in two weeks.

Asen Vasilev, leader of Changes Continued, on the fate of the Russia-owned LUKoil after US sanctions

He would come to my house. He would enter through the garage and hide in the attic. Peevski was after him. I was saving him.

Boyko Borisov, on former banker Tsvetan Vasilev, who has been a fugitive in Serbia

Even breaking up with your girlfriend via text is bad taste.

Boris Bonev, Save Sofia, on Mayor Vasil Terziev's decision to fire the city chief architect by phone

This so-called feast, Halloween, is neither education nor quality. It is all about trick-or-treating, which basically means choosing between diabetes and imprisonment.

Ivaylo Simeonov, Mayor of Elin Pelin, on banning Halloween in municipal schools and kindergartens

Influence over state institutions? We do that every day.

Delyan Peevski, DPS-New Beginnings

Would you go to the disco if you knew you were going to get beaten there?

Lyubomir Datsov, member of the Fiscal Council, on why investors would steer clear from Bulgaria after the proposed tax increases in the 2026 state budget

The state is being run by Peevski. Borisov stays in the corner, keeping quiet, while the other two cheerleaders gambol around.

Kornelia Ninova, former BSP leader

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