Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Manolova camp to seek nullification of Sofia mayoral vote
The initiative committee that nominated Maya Manolova in the Sofia mayoral elections said after her second-round defeat that it would
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Poll: Majority of Bulgarians believe democracy, free speech under threat
Fifty-six per cent of Bulgarians believe that democracy is under threat while 67 per cent see freedom of speech as
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Shaken? Debatable. Stirred? Perhaps. Bulgarian PM Borissov after the local elections
Four years ago around this time, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, leader of his centre-right GERB party, was rampant. GERB
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Bulgaria’s second-round mayoral elections: Wins and reverses for ruling party – exit polls
Exit polls immediately after voting ended on November 3 in second-round mayoral elections in many parts of Bulgaria showed Prime
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Bulgarian media again violate law against posting exit polls while voting is proceeding
The second round of voting in mayoral elections in Bulgaria on November 3 again saw a number of websites breaking
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Bulgaria’s Forestry Agency: Swimmy the spa-loving bear will be saved, not shot
There was never any intention to shoot Swimmy, the two-year-old bear fond of taking the waters at a Sopot restaurant
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Borissov on Valeurs Actuelles row: ‘Macron assured me he had never criticised Bulgarians’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that Emmanuel Macron had contacted him to say that comments attributed to the French
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Voting begins in Bulgaria’s November 3 second-round mayoral elections
Polling stations opened on the morning of November 3 in municipalities in Bulgaria where second-round mayoral elections are being held
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Petition launched to save Swimmy, the Bulgarian bear with a taste for a spa pool
An online petition has been launched to save a young brown bear that has taken to indulging in night swims
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