Opposition, derision for Borissov’s call to annul May 12 elections
Soon after GERB leader Boiko Borissov said that his party – even though it got the largest share of the
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Borissov’s GERB to ask Constitutional Court to overturn May parliamentary elections
GERB, Boiko Borissov’s party that got the largest share of votes in Bulgaria’s May 12 parliamentary elections but will be
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Bulgarian lorry drivers block border with Turkey again
Bulgarian lorry drivers once again blocked the main two checkpoints on the border with Turkey on May 16, the second
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Bulgaria in Eurovision 2013 semi-final on May 16
Bulgaria’s Elitsa and Stundji are competing with the country’s entry in the 2013 Eurovision song contest, Samo Shampioni, on May
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No indictments yet in Bulgarian ballot-printing row
Bulgarian prosecutors are yet to file any indictments in the investigation into the alleged illegal printing of 350 000 ballot
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European integration of the region cannot conclude without Kosovo, Bulgaria’s PM says after meeting Thaçi
The European integration of the region cannot be complete without Kosovo participating in this process, Bulgarian Prime Minister and Foreign
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Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission announces another former State Security agent in the media
Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by statute with identifying people in certain categories of public life as having worked
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Bulgarian President initiates political consultations, sees new Parliament sitting by end of May
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev says that he is certain that the newly-elected Parliament will hold its first sitting by the
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Bulgaria records minimum growth in Q1, EU still in recession – flash estimates
Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.1 per cent growth in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said
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