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Month: May 2014

Bulgaria 

Government must resign immediately, Borissov says after exit polls in European elections

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

Boiko Borissov, leader of centre-right GERB, has called on the government – in power with the mandate of the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Snap anti-government demo organised for Bulgarian election night

May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Peevski protests

Within an hour after exit polls in Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections showed the Bulgarian Socialist Party running

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Europe 

Ukraine: High voter turnout propels Poroshenko to presidency

May 25, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukrainians elected Petro Poroshenko to be their fifth president in a vote that was dubbed “the second independence referendum.” Poroshenko

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Bulgaria 

European elections 2014 in Bulgaria: Battle begins over spin

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

With exit polls from three agencies showing centre-right GERB having won a persuasive majority of the vote in Bulgaria’s May

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Europe 

European election 2014: Running results snapshot

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

As voting draws to an end across the European Union, The Sofia Globe brings you exit polls from EU member

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB takes largest share of votes in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections

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

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB took the largest share of votes in Bulgaria’s May 25 European Parliament elections, about 28.4

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Bulgaria 

High turnout in Ukraine vote

May 25, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

An estimated 38.53 per cent of Ukrainians voted in the early presidential elections by 3pm, according to the Central Election

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Bulgaria 

Politicians hurl vote-buying, abuse allegations in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections

May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Hours before polls closed in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections, two political party leaders alleged that large-scale vote-buying by rivals was

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Europe 

Voting opens in Ukraine amid fear and violence in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts

May 25, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Polls opened in Ukraine at 8am on May 25 for an early presidential election ordered by parliament after Viktor Yanukovych

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