Bulgaria’s opposition socialists chart course for early parliamentary elections
On election night, as exit polls gave Roumen Radev a landslide win in the presidential run-off on November 13, his
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Bulgarian PM Borissov announces resignation after presidential election defeat
Just more than 90 minutes after it became clear that his GERB party had been defeated in November 2016’s presidential
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Opposition socialist candidate Radev in landslide win in Bulgaria’s presidential elections
Roumen Radev, the candidate of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, has won a landslide victory in the country’s November 2016 presidential
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Election Commission investigating whether Borissov broke law against campaigning on election day
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission is investigating following several complaints that Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov broke the
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Bulgarian PM repeats on presidential election day that he will resign if his party loses
As Bulgarians went to the polls on November 13 in the second round of presidential elections, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov
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Remembrance Sunday 2016 in Sofia: ‘We will remember them’
Diplomats, former servicemen, senior Bulgarian officers and foreign military attaches as well as members of the expatriate community took part
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Bulgarians vote on November 13 in second round of presidential elections
Polls opened at 7am on November 13 in the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential elections, a run-off between Roumen Radev,
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Bulgarian TV showman to appeal against election commission decision on referendum
The team of Bulgarian television showman Slavi Trifonov is to lodge an appeal in court against the decision by the
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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 11
As the eve of the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential election approached, the results of all opinion polls made public
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