Remembrance Day services to be held in Sofia, Plovdiv
Remembrance Day services are to be held on November 8 in Sofia and on November 9 2015 in Plovdiv, the
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Bulgaria utilities regulator keeps household electricity prices flat
Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) decided to leave household electricity prices unchanged on November 1, despite a sizeable
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Patriotic Front to say on November 3 whether it will seek annulment of Plovdiv mayoral election
The nationalist Patriotic Front, which nominated Slavcho Atanassov as its candidate for mayor of Plovdiv, will announce in the National
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Record defeat for opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party in country’s municipal elections
After second-round voting in mayoral elections on November 1, long-troubled opposition party the Bulgarian Socialist Party had to concede it
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Plovdiv’s political drama, Act 2, scene three
Plovdiv is to be European Capital of Culture in 2019, but on the long, long night of November 1 2015
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Bulgaria elections 2015: GERB and Reformist Bloc hail successes, BSP concedes defeat
Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party emerged from the second round of mayoral elections on November 1 proclaiming its high
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Bulgaria elections 2015 second round: GERB wins most major cities
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party won most of the country’s largest cities that were up for grabs
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Bulgaria elections 2015 second round: Drama over result in Plovdiv
Initial exit polls after voting ended in a mayoral election runoff on November 1 in Plovdiv showed GERB candidate and
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Websites of Bulgaria’s Parliament, revenue agency, security agency offline in apparent hacker attacks
The websites of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, Parliament, National Revenue Agency and the state energy regulator were offline
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