What’s it worth being a Bulgarian MP? The pay and perks
Free travel on Sofia public transport, free cross-country rail transport, free parking outside Parliament and a salary of at least
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Movement for Rights and Freedoms takes most of votes abroad in Bulgaria’s elections
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the party led and supported in the main by Bulgarians of Turkish ethnicity, won
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Provisional results after 97.2% of ballots processed
With 97.2 per cent of ballots processed, the Central Election Commission said on October 6 that Boiko Borissov’s GERB party
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Reformist Bloc: ‘Ideal coalition’ government not possible
Election night in Bulgaria came to a close with a news conference by the centre-right Reformist Bloc, facing the same
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Bulgarian elections 2014: The latest results from the Central Election Commission
With just more than 25 per cent of votes counted, it appeared that there would be eight parties in Bulgaria’s
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Mikov: BSP concedes defeat, will be ‘loyal and constructive’ opposition
The Bulgarian Socialist Party conceded defeat in the country’s October 5 elections, congratulating Boiko Borissov’s GERB on its result. Addressing
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Mestan: ‘We need to find a formula for a stable government’
A formula has to be found for a stable government because Bulgaria needs a stable government, and the Movement for
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Reformist Bloc awaits negotiations on coalition, Kanev again opposes Borissov as PM
Radan Kanev, leader of one of the Reformist Bloc’s constituent parties, says he sees “no mandate” for GERB leader Boiko
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Bulgarian Socialist Party reels under blow of latest defeat
The leadership of the Bulgarian Socialist Party went into a huddle at the party’s Positano Street headquarters in the first
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