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Could the lack of voting machines sink Bulgaria’s March parliamentary elections?

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

The fact that there will not be voting machines at all polling stations in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary

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Deluges of promises and insults unleashed as Bulgarian election campaigns begin

February 27, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

With sideswipes at opponents and waves of promises, Bulgaria’s political parties and coalitions have begun their official campaigns ahead of

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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’s 2017 elections: Central Election Commission rejects sole bid to supply voting machines

February 25, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has rejected the sole bid to rent voting machines to it for the March 26

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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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Most Bulgarian school pupils are learning English as a second language, Russian runs second

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Close to 99 per cent of Bulgarian school pupils are learning a second language, and of these, 87 per cent

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Education Minister: 143 refugee children studying at Bulgarian schools

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

A total of 143 refugee children are studying at Bulgarian schools, caretaker Education Minister Nikolai Denkov told a conference on

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Bulgaria elections 2017: Former nationalist MEP is candidate for ‘Turkish party’

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

In one of the most astonishing twists in Bulgaria’s 2017 early parliamentary elections, Slavi Binev – formerly a member of

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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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