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Month: May 2014

Bulgaria 

Peevski ‘almost quit politics’ but will not take up MEP seat

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Peevski protests

An immediate focus of fascination at the Movement for Rights and Freedoms’ election night news conference was Delyan Peevski, the

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Europe 

Projection: Centre-right EPP wins largest share, 211 seats in European Parliament

May 26, 2014May 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

A projection of the outcome of the May 22 to 25 2014 European Parliament elections shows the centre-right European People’s

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Bulgaria 

European elections 2014: Bulgarian socialists refuse to admit failure

May 26, 2014May 28, 2014 Alex Bivol European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

Flanked by a row of the party’s stone-faced MEP candidates, Bulgarian socialist leader Sergei Stanishev refused to admit failure after

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Bulgaria 

Who has Bulgaria elected as its MEPs?

May 25, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

With several polling agencies showing similar projected results after Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections, there is some indication

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Europe 

Kyiv elects a mayor for the first time since 2008

May 25, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

For the residents of the Ukrainian capital, a lot more was at stake than just the presidency on May 25.

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Bulgaria 

Barekov: We want talks with President Plevneliev on caretaker government, early elections

May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Nikolai Barekov, leader of Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) told an election night news conference that his party wanted the parties

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Bulgaria 

Parallel count: MRF gains European Parliament seat at expense of Bulgarian Socialist Party

May 25, 2014May 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

The Bulgarian Socialist Party has won only four out of Bulgaria’s 17 MEP seats in the European Parliament, going by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European elections: Revised exit polls show even gloomier picture for BSP

May 25, 2014May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Updates on exit polls after Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections showed an even gloomier picture for the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Reformist Bloc: We want early elections as much as ever

May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

The anti-European forces in Bulgarian politics have suffered a collapse in the European Parliament elections, Radan Kanev, leader of the

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