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Day: October 28, 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015: Parties take sides in the battle for Plovdiv

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv

In the days remaining to the run-off between GERB’s Ivan Totev and the Patriotic Front’s Slavcho Atanassov in the mayoral

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s referendum results show wide support for electoral rules reform

October 28, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced on October 28 the final results of the referendum on electoral rules, held together

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015: Final results of first round in 10 largest cities

October 28, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo

These are the official results of the October 25 2015 first round of mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s 10 largest cities

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament sets up committee on removing immunity of Ataka’s Siderov, Chukolov

October 28, 2015October 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on October 28 to set up an all-party ad hoc committee to deal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet asks Parliament to ratify deal with Poland on MiG-29s

October 28, 2015October 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a meeting on October 28, approved the intergovernmental agreement with Poland on repair and maintenance of Bulgarian

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Business 

Business confidence in Bulgaria improves slightly in October – statistics institute

October 28, 2015October 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Executives’ opinions of the business climate in Bulgaria improved slightly in October 2015 in comparison with the previous month, according

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Bulgaria 

Protests for and against Siderov as Parliament considers his fate

October 28, 2015October 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Groups for and against Ataka leader Volen Siderov gathered near Bulgaria’s National Assembly before its sitting opened on October 28,

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Europe 

Law and Justice wins majority in Polish parliament

October 28, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s parliamentary election winner conservative and euroskeptic Law and Justice party (PiS) will enjoy independent rule, an opportunity unprecedented in

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World 

Global internet freedoms decline fifth year in a row

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Doug Bernard of VOANews

When it comes to protecting freedom of expression online, the news is not good. For the fifth straight year in

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