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Day: May 13, 2013

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Provisional results after 99.3% of ballots processed

May 13, 2013May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

With 99.3 per cent of ballots processed, the Central Election Commission said on May 13 that Boiko Borissov’s GERB party

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian PM Raykov speaks on ballot-printing controversy

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raykov, head of the country’s caretaker cabinet, told a May 13 news conference that his government

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 election: Leaders of three failed parties resign

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

The leaders of three minor political parties that failed to surpass the four per cent vote share threshold for entry

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Prosecutor in Bulgarian eavesdropping controversy faces ethics investigation

May 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The ethics committee of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) ruled on May 13 to recommend opening a formal disciplinary investigation

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: The latest numbers

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

These are some of the latest figures emerging after voting in Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 national parliamentary elections. Provisional results:

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Europe News 

Change in law opens way for full privatisation of LOT Polish airlines

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The decision on May 10 2013 by the Sejm, the lower house of Poland’s parliament, to lift a law on

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Bulgaria News 

Siderov: Ataka will not enter a coalition, ‘no chance’ of a workable government

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013, Volen Siderov

The leader of Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist Ataka party, Volen Siderov, told a news conference in the small hours of the morning

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: MRF’s Mestan speaks on ‘future government’

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Lyutvi Mestan, whose party ran third in the May 12 2013 parliamentary elections, has

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Parallel count by Austrian firm shows GERB at 30.4%, socialists 26.1%

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

A parallel vote count of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 parliamentary elections by Austrian firm SORA showed Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB

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