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Bulgaria’s 2019 European elections: Winners and losers

May 27, 2019May 28, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova, Krassimir Karakachanov

With all but a few votes remaining to be counted in Bulgaria’s May 2019 European Parliament elections, the picture of

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Bulgaria Socialist leader Ninova to call party leadership contest, stand for re-election

May 27, 2019May 30, 2019 Alex Bivol Bulgarian European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova said on May 27 that she would ask the party’s executive committee to

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European elections 2019: Five Bulgarian parties win MEP seats, partial results show

May 27, 2019May 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB was set for a clear win in Bulgaria’s May 26 European Parliament elections,

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Bulgarian PM ‘happy’ with European Parliament election results

May 27, 2019May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party, has pronounced himself “happy” with his party’s results in

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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments on property expropriation

May 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on May 27 that he has vetoed amendments to the State Property Act meant to

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Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections: Parties cagey on results

May 26, 2019May 28, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian European elections 2019

It may be said that in Bulgaria and its political culture, everyone always wants the last word. After exit poll

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Bulgaria’s election commission penalises party over machine-gunning video

May 26, 2019May 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission has ordered the Vuzrazhdane party penalised for its election campaign video depicting a politician machine-gunning people

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Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections: Exit polls show GERB victory

May 26, 2019May 29, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer and Alex Bivol Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party took the largest share of votes in the country’s European Parliament elections

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Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections: Websites fined over exit polls

May 26, 2019May 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission fined three websites on European Parliament election day, May 26, for publishing exit polls during voting

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