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Month: February 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amended concessions law

February 2, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on February 2 that he was vetoing the recently amended Concessions Act, arguing that some

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Welcome to the machine

February 2, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgarian government officials are at pains to issue assurances that the March 2017 parliamentary elections will succeed in spite of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria scrambles to respond to Supreme Court order for machine voting at all polling stations

February 2, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Stefan Yanev, in charge of preparations for the country’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria marks day of commemorating victims of communism

February 1, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, Roumen Radev

Members of Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and of the centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition held separate wreath-laying ceremonies in central Sofia

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Head of Bulgaria’s State Fund Agriculture resigns at request of caretaker Agriculture Minister

February 1, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of Bulgaria’s State Fund Agriculture, Roumen Porozhanov, resigned on February 1 at the request of Hristo Bozukov, Agriculture

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian supreme court scraps limit of 500 voting machines for elections

February 1, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has overturned the limit set by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of no more than 500

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