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Bulgaria’s electronic voting referendum falls short

October 25, 2015October 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

Preliminary results in Bulgaria’s referendum on whether to introduce online voting showed that turnout was too low to make the

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Bulgaria’s 2015 elections: Borissov’s GERB scores victory in most major cities, exit polls show

October 25, 2015October 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party mayoral candidates had won the most votes in the country’s capital Sofia and

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Controversies in Bulgaria’s 2015 local elections, referendum

October 25, 2015October 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

As voting day unfolded, there were various controversies in Bulgaria’s October 25 2015 municipal elections and national referendum on whether

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Bulgaria elections 2015: Election commission investigating Borissov’s statement about who he voted for

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2015, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) said on October 25 that it was investigating statements to the media and a Facebook

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Bulgarians vote in October 25 municipal elections, national referendum

October 25, 2015October 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

Voting opened on October 25 in Bulgaria’s municipal elections, alongside which a national referendum is being held on whether to

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Hundreds of arrests in Bulgarian operation against people-trafficking, illegal migration and electoral abuses

October 24, 2015October 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

Twenty-five people have been taken into custody in connection with alleged people-trafficking and 225 foreign citizens detained for being in

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PMs: Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania will close their borders if the West stops taking refugees

October 24, 2015October 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia

“If Germany, Austria and other countries close their borders, we will not allow our nations to become a buffer zone.

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Bulgaria prepares for October 25 municipal and mayoral elections

October 23, 2015October 25, 2015 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Sofia

Bulgarian political parties and coalitions were closing off their campaigns in the final days and hours ahead of the 24-hour

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Bulgaria’s October 25 referendum question

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria is holding a national referendum on October 25 on whether to introduce online voting, but political parties have done

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