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Month: October 2015

Europe 

Conservative PiS wins parliamentary elections in Poland

October 26, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The conservative, euroskeptic party Law and Justice (PiS) has won the country’s parliamentary election with 39.1 per cent of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian far-right leader Siderov at centre of late-night fracas in Sofia – again

October 25, 2015October 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria’s far-right Ataka party, was involved in a late-night fracas in central Sofia on October 25

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Europe 

Ukraine’s local elections: Mayors in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv heading to re-election

October 25, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

According to an exit poll by the Social Monitoring Center NGO and commissioned the Committee of Voters of Ukraine watchdog,

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Local election results point to continued stability of government

October 25, 2015October 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2015

Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said that the October 25 municipal election results showed that his

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2015 local elections show few changes in parties’ fortunes in past year

October 25, 2015October 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

Initial exit poll results after Bulgaria’s October 25 2015 municipal elections confirmed Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s electronic voting referendum falls short

October 25, 2015October 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

Preliminary results in Bulgaria’s referendum on whether to introduce online voting showed that turnout was too low to make the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2015 elections: Borissov’s GERB scores victory in most major cities, exit polls show

October 25, 2015October 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party mayoral candidates had won the most votes in the country’s capital Sofia and

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Bulgaria 

Controversies in Bulgaria’s 2015 local elections, referendum

October 25, 2015October 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

As voting day unfolded, there were various controversies in Bulgaria’s October 25 2015 municipal elections and national referendum on whether

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015: Election commission investigating Borissov’s statement about who he voted for

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2015, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) said on October 25 that it was investigating statements to the media and a Facebook

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