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Day: October 27, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: In Plovdiv, waiting for the fat lady

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019

In Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, mayoral elections are not a simple matter. It was so, not for the first time,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: In Sofia, Fandukova vs Manolova

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

As was expected, the October 27 mayoral election vote in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia opened the way for a second-round

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Borissov sees ‘unprecedented victory’ over socialists

October 27, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria local elections 2019

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party that is the majority partner in government, told journalists

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian 2019 local elections: BSP claims it has ‘returned to municipal government’

October 27, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

In the first 90 minutes after the announcement of exit poll results after Bulgaria’s October 27 local elections, it was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: A bad night for ultra-nationalists

October 27, 2019October 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Exit polls after voting ended in Bulgaria’s mayoral elections on October 27 2019 showed that it had been a bad

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Exit polls show GERB the winner, but weakened

October 27, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

The first exit poll results released after voting ended in Bulgaria’s mayoral and municipal elections on October 27 showed that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Two websites fined for posting exit polls before voting ends

October 27, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media

As voting proceeded in Bulgaria’s October 27 local elections, at least three media ignored a call by the Central Election

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM accuses President of campaigning on election day

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria local elections 2019, Roumen Radev

Few occasions, political or otherwise, can pass in Bulgaria without its Prime Minister and President getting into a tangle. October

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 2nd Century CE statuette of Roman goddess Cybele found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

October 27, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists working at the Forum site in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv have found a marble statuette of the Roman goddess

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