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Month: May 2019

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Bulgarian PM ‘happy’ with European Parliament election results

May 27, 2019May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party, has pronounced himself “happy” with his party’s results in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments on property expropriation

May 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on May 27 that he has vetoed amendments to the State Property Act meant to

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Europe 

Greek Prime Minister Tsipras calls early general election after MEP vote result

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed his intention to call an early general election, after the end of the second

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Europe 

EU election: Surge for Greens, losses for centrist bloc

May 26, 2019 Deutsche Welle

Results have begun coming in across the European Union. Across the bloc, traditional center parties saw their support decline as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections: Parties cagey on results

May 26, 2019May 28, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian European elections 2019

It may be said that in Bulgaria and its political culture, everyone always wants the last word. After exit poll

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s election commission penalises party over machine-gunning video

May 26, 2019May 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission has ordered the Vuzrazhdane party penalised for its election campaign video depicting a politician machine-gunning people

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections: Exit polls show GERB victory

May 26, 2019May 29, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer and Alex Bivol Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party took the largest share of votes in the country’s European Parliament elections

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections: Websites fined over exit polls

May 26, 2019May 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission fined three websites on European Parliament election day, May 26, for publishing exit polls during voting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections: Turnout low by lunchtime

May 26, 2019May 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Voter turnout in Bulgaria’s May 26 European Parliament elections was just more than 15 per cent by 1pm, significantly lower

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