Bulgaria elections 2015: Parties take sides in the battle for Plovdiv
In the days remaining to the run-off between GERB’s Ivan Totev and the Patriotic Front’s Slavcho Atanassov in the mayoral
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Bulgaria’s referendum results show wide support for electoral rules reform
Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced on October 28 the final results of the referendum on electoral rules, held together
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Bulgaria elections 2015: Final results of first round in 10 largest cities
These are the official results of the October 25 2015 first round of mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s 10 largest cities
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Bulgarian Parliament sets up committee on removing immunity of Ataka’s Siderov, Chukolov
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on October 28 to set up an all-party ad hoc committee to deal
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet asks Parliament to ratify deal with Poland on MiG-29s
Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a meeting on October 28, approved the intergovernmental agreement with Poland on repair and maintenance of Bulgarian
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Protests for and against Siderov as Parliament considers his fate
Groups for and against Ataka leader Volen Siderov gathered near Bulgaria’s National Assembly before its sitting opened on October 28,
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Bulgaria’s move to change constitution on MPs’ immunity may face difficult path
Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, the majority partner in government and the largest party in the National Assembly, was starting consultations
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Huge protest in Sofia demands removal of Siderov’s immunity from prosecution
More than 1000 people gathered in the centre of Sofia on the evening of October 26 to demand that Ataka leader
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Bulgaria elections 2015: The battle for Plovdiv – Phase II
Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv will be a major political background, with the city the largest in the country to go
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