Movement for Rights and Freedoms won half of Bulgarian votes abroad
If it was up to Bulgarians who voted outside the country on May 12 2013, the Movement for Rights and
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Deadline for removal of election posters
May 15 is the deadline for parties to take down election posters and billboards, and parties that fail to do
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Eurovision 2013: First semi-final contestants through to finals
After the first semi-final in Eurovision 2013, on May 14, the countries that will go through to the finals in
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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Notes from the aftermath
From The Sofia Globe’s post-election notebook, May 14, two days after Bulgaria’s national parliamentary elections: * The Bulgarian Socialist Party
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Kosovo PM Thaçi to visit Bulgaria for talks with Prime Minister, President
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi is to pay a one-day visit to Bulgaria on May 15, will hold talks with
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Bulgaria’s political drama: Of snakes and mongooses, and King Cnut
A coalition involving both the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) and Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalists Ataka is unthinkable because of
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Bulgarian annual inflation down to two per cent in April
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price inflation fell for a third straight month, reaching two per cent in April, data from the
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Bulgarian socialists begin co-operation talks with ultra-nationalists Ataka
The Bulgarian Socialist Party, which placed second in Bulgaria’s May 12 elections but has an ambition to form a “programme”
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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Provisional results after 99.3% of ballots processed
With 99.3 per cent of ballots processed, the Central Election Commission said on May 13 that Boiko Borissov’s GERB party
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