Bulgaria elections 2015: Election commission investigating Borissov’s statement about who he voted for
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) said on October 25 that it was investigating statements to the media and a Facebook
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Bulgarians vote in October 25 municipal elections, national referendum
Voting opened on October 25 in Bulgaria’s municipal elections, alongside which a national referendum is being held on whether to
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Hundreds of arrests in Bulgarian operation against people-trafficking, illegal migration and electoral abuses
Twenty-five people have been taken into custody in connection with alleged people-trafficking and 225 foreign citizens detained for being in
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PMs: Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania will close their borders if the West stops taking refugees
“If Germany, Austria and other countries close their borders, we will not allow our nations to become a buffer zone.
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Bulgaria prepares for October 25 municipal and mayoral elections
Bulgarian political parties and coalitions were closing off their campaigns in the final days and hours ahead of the 24-hour
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Bulgaria’s October 25 referendum question
Bulgaria is holding a national referendum on October 25 on whether to introduce online voting, but political parties have done
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100 arrested, more arrests expected in Bulgarian operation against people-trafficking, vote buying
About 100 people had been arrested by midday on October 23 as Bulgarian police and prosecutors carried out countrywide operations
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Bulgarian mountains hit by first snow on October 23
The cold weather front over Bulgaria brought the first snowfall in several high-altitude areas on October 23, including on Mount
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National search warrant issued for Rousse mayoral candidate sentenced for drug trafficking
Bulgaria has issued a national search warrant for a candidate mayor of the Danube city of Rousse, Ventsislav “Chicago” Angelov,
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