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Campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections is at its midway point, with two more weeks to go, and the many thousands of candidates are criss-crossing the […]
Ladies and gentlemen, in the far-right corner, Volen Siderov. In the other far-right corner, Angel Dzhambazki. In short: One of the ultra-nationalist candidates in the autumn 2019 mayoral elections in […]
Around the time of the official start of campaigning a week ago ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 municipal elections, there was something of a minor increase in the sale of […]
In Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral elections, the contest in the Danube city of Rousse is one of the most interesting among the country’s major cities. In the scheduled mayoral elections […]
In the 2019 mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas on October 27, the “battle” may be less over who is the next mayor but only over betting […]
There are 11 candidates seeking election as mayor of Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna in the autumn 2019 local elections, including Ivan Portnih, who is seeking a third consecutive […]
The official campaign period in Bulgaria’s 2019 municipal elections begins on September 27, but in capital city Sofia, the race already has begun. The current count of mayoral candidates is […]
Perhaps it may be an annoyance to 12 of the 14 candidates to be the next mayor of Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv that a poll by the reputable Alpha Research […]
September 15 was a happy and historic day for the children of the Bulgarian Jewish community as the country’s first new Jewish school in decades, named for World Jewish Congress […]
Sofia Central Synagogue was the scene of celebrations on the evening of September 14 as the landmark building in Bulgaria’s capital city marked its 110th anniversary. “For more than 110 […]
