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Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections: Websites fined over exit polls

May 26, 2019May 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission fined three websites on European Parliament election day, May 26, for publishing exit polls during voting

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Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections: Turnout low by lunchtime

May 26, 2019May 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Voter turnout in Bulgaria’s May 26 European Parliament elections was just more than 15 per cent by 1pm, significantly lower

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Archaeology: Ancient tomb found near Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral

May 26, 2019May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

An ancient burial chamber, of bricks and masonry and estimated to date from the third to fourth century CE, has

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Scene set for Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections on May 26

May 25, 2019May 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

A total of more than 6.3 million Bulgarians are eligible to vote in the May 26 2019 European Parliament elections,

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Bulgaria faces rainy, sometimes stormy three-day long weekend

May 23, 2019May 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has a three-day weekend from May 24 to 26, opening with the public holiday on Friday celebrating Slavonic Language

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Alpha Research: GERB ahead of Bulgarian Socialist Party on eve of European Parliament elections

May 23, 2019May 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova

As campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s May 26 European Parliament elections closes, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has 31.1

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Exacta Research: GERB will have 7 MEPs, Bulgarian Socialist Party 6

May 23, 2019May 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

In Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections on May 26, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party will get 32.4 per cent

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Democratic Bulgaria lodges complaint against machine-gunning campaign video

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The reformist Democratic Bulgaria coalition said on May 23 that it had lodged a complaint with the Central Election Commission

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International police operation busts child sex abuse ring with Bulgaria-based server

May 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cybercrime Department at the General Directorate Combating Organised Crime, supported by Europol, took down the servers of a website

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