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Bulgarian Socialist Party tells President Plevneliev it will not try to form government

November 18, 2016November 19, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party will not seek to form a government in the current Parliament nor will it propose members

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Bulgarian President may convene security consultative council on political crisis

November 17, 2016November 18, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on November 17 that he was considering convening a meeting of the Consultative Council on

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Bulgarian Parliament approves resignation of PM Borissov’s government

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 16 2016 to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government, tabled after

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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 11

November 11, 2016November 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

As the eve of the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential election approached, the results of all opinion polls made public

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Bulgaria’s presidential election debate: The tears, the laughter, the crosstalk

November 10, 2016November 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

It’s a rare television debate when one of the candidates struggles so much with emotion as to whip out a

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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 10

November 10, 2016November 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

The two rival candidates in Bulgaria’s November 13 run-off in the 2016 presidential elections, Roumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva, agree

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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 9

November 9, 2016November 11, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

On November 9 it was improbable that the two candidates in the runoff in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential election could

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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 8

November 8, 2016November 10, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

The candidates in the November 13 run-off of Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections, Roumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva, will face each

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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 7

November 7, 2016November 9, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

A week is a long time in politics, and the runup to Bulgaria’s second-round presidential elections on November 13 is

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