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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week four

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019

Ataka party leader Volen Siderov, in front of cameras, submitted his resignation from Parliament on Thursday (stifles yawn). Now you

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council elects Ivan Geshev as next Prosecutor-General, amid protests

October 24, 2019October 27, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council approved by 20 votes to four the nomination of Ivan Geshev to be the country’s next

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week three

October 18, 2019October 17, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019

A week is left to the end of official campaigning in Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections, before voters

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Four Sofia mayoral candidates meet in TV debate

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Four of the 20 candidates in the autumn 2019 mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia met in a debate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week two

October 11, 2019October 13, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas, Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections is at its midway point, with two more weeks to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Fisticuffs on the far-right?

October 9, 2019October 12, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Ladies and gentlemen, in the far-right corner, Volen Siderov. In the other far-right corner, Angel Dzhambazki. In short: One of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week one

October 4, 2019October 8, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019

Around the time of the official start of campaigning a week ago ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 municipal elections, there

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The battle for Rousse

October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Rousse

In Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral elections, the contest in the Danube city of Rousse is one of the most interesting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The ‘battle’ for Bourgas

October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas, Bulgaria local elections 2019

In the 2019 mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas on October 27, the “battle” may be less

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