Borissov’s GERB to ask Constitutional Court to overturn May parliamentary elections
GERB, Boiko Borissov’s party that got the largest share of votes in Bulgaria’s May 12 parliamentary elections but will be
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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgarian President initiates political consultations, sees new Parliament sitting by end of May
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev says that he is certain that the newly-elected Parliament will hold its first sitting by the
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Movement for Rights and Freedoms won half of Bulgarian votes abroad
If it was up to Bulgarians who voted outside the country on May 12 2013, the Movement for Rights and
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Bulgaria’s political drama: Of snakes and mongooses, and King Cnut
A coalition involving both the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) and Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalists Ataka is unthinkable because of
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Bulgarian socialists begin co-operation talks with ultra-nationalists Ataka
The Bulgarian Socialist Party, which placed second in Bulgaria’s May 12 elections but has an ambition to form a “programme”
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Bulgaria’s 2013 election: Leaders of three failed parties resign
The leaders of three minor political parties that failed to surpass the four per cent vote share threshold for entry
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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: MRF’s Mestan speaks on ‘future government’
Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Lyutvi Mestan, whose party ran third in the May 12 2013 parliamentary elections, has
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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Parallel count by Austrian firm shows GERB at 30.4%, socialists 26.1%
A parallel vote count of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 parliamentary elections by Austrian firm SORA showed Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB
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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Volen Siderov and the case of the missing leaders
Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist Ataka party, was pressed repeatedly on election night about his stance on future coalition
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