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Month: October 2023

Bulgaria 

Voting in Bulgaria’s 2023 ‘paper ballot’ municipal elections proceeds

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Voting in Bulgaria’s October 29 municipal elections, controversially being held solely with paper ballots and not machines, was proceeding on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM says election commission decision on machine voting violated law, should be reversed

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2023, Nikolai Denkov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said on October 28 that the Central Election Commission (CEC) decision to scrap machine voting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Thousands protest for the return of machine voting

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2023

Thousands turned out on October 28 in a protest in central Sofia demanding the return of machine voting in Bulgaria’s

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Business 

Fitch keeps Bulgaria’s credit rating unchanged on euro zone prospects

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s prospective admission into the euro area remains the main reason Fitch Ratings continues to maintain the country’s long-term foreign

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Controversy deepens as machine voting cancelled

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2023

A court challenge and public protests are looming in Bulgaria after the Central Election Commission (CEC) decided that machine voting

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Bulgaria 

Row as campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s local elections comes to a close

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

The final day of campaigning ahead of the first round of Bulgaria’s 2023 mayoral and municipal elections was dominated by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests man who called in video for ‘Jihad’ against Israelis and Americans

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police have arrested a 50-year-old man who recorded a video message called for “Jihad” and mass attacks against Israelis

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister holds talks with Israeli ambassador

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Bilateral cooperation was discussed on October 26 by Defence Minister Todor Tagarev and the ambassador of the State of Israel,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev seeks Constitutional Court ruling on gas transit fee

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has filed a complaint with the country’s Constitutional Court, asking it to rule on the provisions

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