Bulgarians vote in November 1 second round of mayoral elections
Voters in several Bulgarian cities and in towns and villages across the country returned to polling stations on November 1
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Bulgarian leaders send condolences after Bucharest nightclub fire deaths
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov sent messages of condolences to their Romanian counterparts
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Bulgaria arrests hundreds in operation against illegal migration, people-smuggling, election law breaches
Bulgarian authorities detained 495 foreign citizens who were in the country illegally, arrested 16 for people-trafficking and have taken actions
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Hackers bring down website of Bulgarian President
A denial-of-service attack brought down the website of the Bulgarian President on October 30, just two hours after head of
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2016 Budget
Bulgaria’s Government approved at a special meeting on October 30 the 2016 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, which
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Bulgarian cities and towns head to second round of municipal elections on November 1
Voters in a large number of Bulgarian cities and towns are being called back to the ballot boxes on November
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Siderov broke law by campaigning on election day – Election Commission
Ataka party leader Volen Siderov broke the law by campaigning on the October 25 2015 election day, Bulgaria’s Central Election
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Head of Sofia municipal election commission resigns at request of Borissov
At the end of a week that saw chaos and the marathon detention of people involved in ballot-processing in Sofia,
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Bulgarian President slams parties over referendum, calls on Parliament to approve electronic voting
Bulgarian head of state Rossen Plevneliev has described the October 25 national referendum on electronic voting as an indisputable success
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