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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Police remove barricades at Turkish-Bulgarian border
Amid growing tension between Sofia and Ankara, Bulgarian police on Friday removed barricades protesters had erected at at least two
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Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 24
Campaigning in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 elections closes – or is by law, is required to, lest anyone carry on
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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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Bulgarian voters from Turkey divert via Greece as ‘patriots’ again protest at Turkish border
Bulgarian passport-holders coming into the country to vote in the March 26 elections would now be coming via Greece instead
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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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