Archaeology: 2014 excavation season opens in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
The public will be able to get a glimpse of the work being done in the centre of Bulgaria’s second
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Bulgarian governing party, opposition in tussle over European Commissioner candidate
In spite of its disastrous performance in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) – current holder of
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New preferential voting system raises eyebrows in Bulgaria’s European elections
Fascination and even amusement were among reactions after indications that Bulgarians had used their new preferential voting option in the
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Borissov: The government is a zombie and parliament has no legitimacy
Referring scathingly to Plamen Oresharski as the ex-prime minister, the government as “a zombie, dead” and decrying the current parliament
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European elections 2014: Borissov’s GERB scores clear win, partial results show
Boiko Borissov’s opposition centre-right party GERB will win the most votes in Bulgaria’s May 25 European Parliament elections, the country’s
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Bulgarian court acquits former interior minister on embezzlement charges
The Sofia City Court said on May 26 that it found Tsvetan Tsvetanov, MP for opposition party GERB who served
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European elections 2014: Unlike elsewhere in EU, far-right in reverse in Bulgaria
What the French prime minister reportedly described as the “political earthquake” of the rise of far-right parties in European Parliament
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Parties in Bulgaria’s ruling axis signal government to stay in spite of BSP rout in European elections
In spite of the Bulgarian Socialist Party having come in a poor second, about 10 per cent behind the centre-right
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Peevski ‘almost quit politics’ but will not take up MEP seat
An immediate focus of fascination at the Movement for Rights and Freedoms’ election night news conference was Delyan Peevski, the
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