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European elections 2014: Bulgarian socialists refuse to admit failure

May 26, 2014May 28, 2014 Alex Bivol European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

Flanked by a row of the party’s stone-faced MEP candidates, Bulgarian socialist leader Sergei Stanishev refused to admit failure after

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Bulgaria 

Who has Bulgaria elected as its MEPs?

May 25, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

With several polling agencies showing similar projected results after Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections, there is some indication

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Barekov: We want talks with President Plevneliev on caretaker government, early elections

May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Nikolai Barekov, leader of Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) told an election night news conference that his party wanted the parties

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Bulgaria 

Parallel count: MRF gains European Parliament seat at expense of Bulgarian Socialist Party

May 25, 2014May 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

The Bulgarian Socialist Party has won only four out of Bulgaria’s 17 MEP seats in the European Parliament, going by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European elections: Revised exit polls show even gloomier picture for BSP

May 25, 2014May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Updates on exit polls after Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections showed an even gloomier picture for the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Reformist Bloc: We want early elections as much as ever

May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

The anti-European forces in Bulgarian politics have suffered a collapse in the European Parliament elections, Radan Kanev, leader of the

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Bulgaria 

Government must resign immediately, Borissov says after exit polls in European elections

May 25, 2014May 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European elections 2014

Boiko Borissov, leader of centre-right GERB, has called on the government – in power with the mandate of the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Snap anti-government demo organised for Bulgarian election night

May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Peevski protests

Within an hour after exit polls in Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections showed the Bulgarian Socialist Party running

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Bulgaria 

European elections 2014 in Bulgaria: Battle begins over spin

May 25, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

With exit polls from three agencies showing centre-right GERB having won a persuasive majority of the vote in Bulgaria’s May

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