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Day: May 12, 2013

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Bulgaria’s election 2013: Who are the losers?

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

It may not yet be clear which party fairly may be emerging as the winner in Bulgaria’s May 12 2013

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Parallel vote count gives GERB 30.9%, BSP 25.8 %

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Bulgarian election 2013

The parallel vote count carried out Alpha Research polling agency in Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 elections showed Boiko Borissov’s party,

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Protesters briefly clash with police in Sofia

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Bulgarian election 2013

Several dozen protesters, carrying torches and Bulgarian flags, briefly clashed with police outside the National Palace of Culture (NDK) in

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Spectre of a hung parliament

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

Extrapolating from exit polls, which put four parties in Bulgaria’s next National Assembly, the spectre of a hung parliament appears

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Exit polls put four parties in Parliament – but who will govern?

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

Exit poll results announced after voting ended in Bulgaria’s national parliamentary elections on May 12 2013 by five polling agencies

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Borissov’s GERB 31.7 %, socialists 27.1 % – exit poll

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party got 31.7 per cent of the votes and the Bulgarian Socialist Party-led 27.1 per cent

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Bulgarian prosecutors investigating 43 cases of alleged electoral fraud

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgarian prosecutors had started pre-trial investigations in 43 cases of alleged attempted electoral fraud, including 17 instances of alleged vote-buying,

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Highest turnout in voting abroad in Turkey

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Polling stations in Turkey saw the highest turnout among polling stations in foreign countries in Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 national

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Bulgaria’s new MPs will get slight pay rise

May 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The 240 members of Bulgaria’s 42nd National Assembly, the country’s unicameral Parliament being elected on May 12 2013, will get

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