Bulgaria election authority faces renewed criticism over ballot processing
Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) faced more public backlash on October 26 after slow processing of ballots required intervention by
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Siderov scandal: Bulgaria’s ruling party seeks constitutional change on MPs’ immunity from prosecution
Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, the majority partner in government and the largest party in Parliament, says that it will open
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Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General asks Parliament to authorise arrest of Ataka’s Siderov, Chukolov
Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has asked Parliament to authorise the arrest of Ataka party leader Volen Siderov and Ataka MP
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Bulgarian far-right leader Siderov at centre of late-night fracas in Sofia – again
Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria’s far-right Ataka party, was involved in a late-night fracas in central Sofia on October 25
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Borissov: Local election results point to continued stability of government
Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said that the October 25 municipal election results showed that his
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Bulgaria’s 2015 local elections show few changes in parties’ fortunes in past year
Initial exit poll results after Bulgaria’s October 25 2015 municipal elections confirmed Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party as
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Bulgaria’s electronic voting referendum falls short
Preliminary results in Bulgaria’s referendum on whether to introduce online voting showed that turnout was too low to make the
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Bulgaria’s 2015 elections: Borissov’s GERB scores victory in most major cities, exit polls show
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party mayoral candidates had won the most votes in the country’s capital Sofia and
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Controversies in Bulgaria’s 2015 local elections, referendum
As voting day unfolded, there were various controversies in Bulgaria’s October 25 2015 municipal elections and national referendum on whether
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