Voting begins in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 National Assembly elections
Polls opened in Bulgaria at 7am on March 26 for voting in the country’s ahead-of-term election of a new Parliament.
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Author: The Sofia Globe staff
Bulgaria 2017 parliamentary elections: limited alcohol bans on election day
In recent years, Bulgarian authorities have eased restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages on election days, banning the sale
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Burnt-out lorry from which refugees were rescued ‘identical’ to one owned by border fence company – report
A lorry from which a group of 30 migrants were rescued after it caught fire was “identical” to one owned
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Bulgarian nationalist protest against ‘electoral tourism’ blocks Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint at Turkish border
Bulgarian nationalist protesters against “electoral tourism” – the bussing-in of Bulgarian passport-holders from Turkey to vote in the March 26
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The buses from Bursa: Bulgarians voting, and visiting relatives
In a report on the bussing-in of voters from Turkey to Bulgaria for the country’s March 26 elections, public broadcaster
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Exacta Research Group: GERB 31.2%, Bulgarian Socialist Party 28.1%, ‘Patriots’ 10.5% as election campaign ends
A poll by the Exacta Research group released on March 24, the final day of campaigning in Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections,
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Man arrested after candidate MP assaulted in central Sofia
Emil Jassim, a candidate MP for former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s Yes Bulgaria coalition, was assaulted in central Sofia on
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Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections: Factfile
Bulgaria’s voters go to the polls on March 26 2017 in ahead-of-term elections for the 44th National Assembly, the country’s
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Clocks change in Bulgaria to summer daylight saving time on March 26 2017
Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 26 2017 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an
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