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Day: November 4, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The votes for No One (or, Dr Fell)

November 4, 2019November 5, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019

The second round of Bulgaria’s mayoral elections is over, and thus, all of the mayoral elections. In those places where

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Bulgaria 

After Bulgaria’s 2019 mayoral elections: A scorecard

November 4, 2019December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

With the Central Election Commission having announced all ballots tallied, both rounds of Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections are over, bar

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader on elections results: GERB is ‘eroding’ in local government

November 4, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova

The leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Kornelia Ninova, said on November 4 that the outcome of the

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General requests probe after Russophile leader accused of spying allowed to leave Bulgaria

November 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Prosecutor-General has alerted the Inspectorate of the Supreme Judicial Council and the head of the Special Criminal Court after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Manolova camp to seek nullification of Sofia mayoral vote

November 4, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The initiative committee that nominated Maya Manolova in the Sofia mayoral elections said after her second-round defeat that it would

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Majority of Bulgarians believe democracy, free speech under threat

November 4, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Fifty-six per cent of Bulgarians believe that democracy is under threat while 67 per cent see freedom of speech as

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