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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Bulgaria’s elections: The ups and downs

May 16, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

The story of the numbers in Bulgaria’s May 2013 parliamentary elections, once a look is taken at the records of

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Bulgaria News 

Borissov’s GERB to ask Constitutional Court to overturn May parliamentary elections

May 16, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

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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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President initiates political consultations, sees new Parliament sitting by end of May

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev

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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Bulgaria News 

Movement for Rights and Freedoms won half of Bulgarian votes abroad

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

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 News 

Bulgaria’s political drama: Of snakes and mongooses, and King Cnut

May 14, 2013May 14, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian socialists begin co-operation talks with ultra-nationalists Ataka

May 14, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Volen Siderov

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 News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 election: Leaders of three failed parties resign

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

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 News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: MRF’s Mestan speaks on ‘future government’

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

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%

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

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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