Ataka leader Siderov breaks silence to hint at support for no-confidence vote
In his first remarks to reporters in Sofia since his party was vanquished in Bulgaria’s May 25 European Parliament elections,
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Bulgarian Socialist Party does not give Stanishev his way on elections in July
Apart from the logistical improbability of Bulgaria holding ahead-of-term national parliamentary elections in July, Bulgarian Socialist Party chiefs did not
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Bulgaria and early elections: How the endgame should unfold
Soon after Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev called for ahead-of-term parliamentary elections to be held by the end of
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GERB offers deal on no-confidence vote as government limps towards its end
On the afternoon that Plamen Oresharski, entering his final stages as prime minister, left the Positano Street headquarters of the
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GERB, MRF welcome elections statement by Stanishev
GERB is ready for elections, leader Boiko Borissov said on June 10 soon after Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev
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Bulgarian President calls national security council to discuss early election date
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said that he was calling a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security on June
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Stanishev: After European Parliament elections, we realised cabinet could not complete its term
For the first time, Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev has admitted in public that after the party’s defeat in
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Stanishev: Bulgarian cabinet to resign in days, early elections ‘possible’ end of July
Bulgaria should hold early parliamentary elections at the end of July 2014, with the cabinet resigning in coming days after
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Another flop for Bulgarian government as EC declines to accept Partnership Agreement
The European Commission has again declined to accept Bulgaria’s Partnership Agreement – the document setting the national priorities which will
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