Five lessons from the local elections in Ukraine
Turnout was low, but respectable The official participation rate for Ukraine’s local elections was 46.5 per cent. This may sound
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Month: October 2015
Polish court rejects Polanski US extradition request
A Polish court Friday ruled against a US request to extradite Oscar-winning film-maker Roman Polanski (82) over a 1977 conviction
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Hackers bring down website of Bulgarian President
A denial-of-service attack brought down the website of the Bulgarian President on October 30, just two hours after head of
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2016 Budget
Bulgaria’s Government approved at a special meeting on October 30 the 2016 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, which
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Bulgarian cities and towns head to second round of municipal elections on November 1
Voters in a large number of Bulgarian cities and towns are being called back to the ballot boxes on November
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More than 3329 migrant deaths in Mediterranean in 10 months in 2015 – IOM
The number of migrants who have arrived by sea in Europe in 2015 is approaching three-quarters of a million –
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Siderov broke law by campaigning on election day – Election Commission
Ataka party leader Volen Siderov broke the law by campaigning on the October 25 2015 election day, Bulgaria’s Central Election
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Head of Sofia municipal election commission resigns at request of Borissov
At the end of a week that saw chaos and the marathon detention of people involved in ballot-processing in Sofia,
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Bulgarian President slams parties over referendum, calls on Parliament to approve electronic voting
Bulgarian head of state Rossen Plevneliev has described the October 25 national referendum on electronic voting as an indisputable success
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