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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB has narrow lead over BSP – Alpha Research

February 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The official campaign month ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections sees Boiko Borissov’s GERB party with a

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Bulgaria caretaker PM ‘asked but not pushed’ Interior Ministry chief to quit

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said on February 24 that he had asked former Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi

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Sensata Technologies Bulgaria handed Investor of the Year top prize

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The InvestBulgaria Agency has handed its top prize, the Golden Bull, to Sensata Technologies Bulgaria at the Investor of the

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Official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 parliamentary elections begins

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 early parliamentary elections began on February 24, with a total of

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Italian Air Force to aid in Bulgarian air policing in summer 2017

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Italian Air Force aircraft will assist in joint policing of Bulgaria’s air space in summer 2017, Bulgarian caretaker Defence Minister

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Bulgaria Constitutional Court strikes down compulsory voting sanction

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on February 23 to overturn a provision from the Electoral Code that stipulated the conditional loss

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Six Bulgarian wines win top awards at Vinaria 2017 in Plovdiv

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Six Bulgarian wines won the prestigious Golden Rhython award at the 2017 Vinaria exhibition in Plovdiv, the National Vine and

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Voting machines: Bulgaria’s caretaker PM admits elections could face Constitutional Court challenge

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

By the time of the February 22 deadline for applications, there had been only one bid to rent voting machines

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Bulgarian prosecutors indict 18 in Corporate Commercial Bank investigation

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 22 that it has finished its investigation into the events that led to the

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