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Day: October 5, 2014

Bulgaria 

Mikov: BSP concedes defeat, will be ‘loyal and constructive’ opposition

October 5, 2014October 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014

The Bulgarian Socialist Party conceded defeat in the country’s October 5 elections, congratulating Boiko Borissov’s GERB on its result. Addressing

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Bulgaria 

Mestan: ‘We need to find a formula for a stable government’

October 5, 2014October 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan

A formula has to be found for a stable government because Bulgaria needs a stable government, and the Movement for

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Bulgaria 

Reformist Bloc awaits negotiations on coalition, Kanev again opposes Borissov as PM

October 5, 2014October 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014

Radan Kanev, leader of one of the Reformist Bloc’s constituent parties, says he sees “no mandate” for GERB leader Boiko

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party reels under blow of latest defeat

October 5, 2014October 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014

The leadership of the Bulgarian Socialist Party went into a huddle at the party’s Positano Street headquarters in the first

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Bulgaria 

Borissov cagey on coalition question as exit polls show 8-party parliament

October 5, 2014October 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014

Boiko Borissov’s GERB party emerged as expected with the largest share of votes in Bulgaria’s October 5 parliamentary elections, but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s October 5 parliamentary elections: GERB 33.2 %, BSP 16.5 % – exit poll

October 5, 2014October 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB took the largest share of votes in Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary elections, about

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian media take to Facebook to show exit polls as voting proceeds

October 5, 2014October 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Media

Against a background of the Central Election Commission (CEC) saying that the ban on making public exit polls while voting

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Europe 

Centre-right government returned in Latvia

October 5, 2014 Deutsche Welle Latvia

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma’s three-party coalition looked set on Sunday to be returned as the Baltic nation’s next government.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections 2014: Arrests for vote-buying continue as voting begins

October 5, 2014October 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014

Police in Bulgaria announced further arrests for vote-buying as the country began voting in early parliamentary elections on October 5

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