Hackers bring down website of Bulgarian President
A denial-of-service attack brought down the website of the Bulgarian President on October 30, just two hours after head of
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2016 Budget
Bulgaria’s Government approved at a special meeting on October 30 the 2016 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, which
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Bulgarian cities and towns head to second round of municipal elections on November 1
Voters in a large number of Bulgarian cities and towns are being called back to the ballot boxes on November
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Siderov broke law by campaigning on election day – Election Commission
Ataka party leader Volen Siderov broke the law by campaigning on the October 25 2015 election day, Bulgaria’s Central Election
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Head of Sofia municipal election commission resigns at request of Borissov
At the end of a week that saw chaos and the marathon detention of people involved in ballot-processing in Sofia,
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Bulgarian President slams parties over referendum, calls on Parliament to approve electronic voting
Bulgarian head of state Rossen Plevneliev has described the October 25 national referendum on electronic voting as an indisputable success
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Bulgaria high court hands suspended sentence to former conflict of interest commission chief
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has switched the prison sentence on Filip Zlatanov, the former head of the government’s
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Bulgaria hopes to award Sofia airport concession in spring 2016 – Finance Minister
Bulgaria’s Cabinet plans to finalise the concession tender for the Sofia airport in the spring of 2016, Finance Minister Vladislav
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RPG attack on Alexei Petrov in Sofia
A grenade launcher was fired at the car transporting Alexei Petrov near his Sofia home on the morning of October
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