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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Question mark over Borissov – Ninova TV debate

February 28, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

A day ahead of a proposed live television debate between GERB leader Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB has narrow lead over BSP – Alpha Research

February 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The official campaign month ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections sees Boiko Borissov’s GERB party with a

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Bulgaria 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB accuses caretaker cabinet of taking sides

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The firing of Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi Kostov is the latest episode to have irked GERB leader Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria’s 2017 parliamentary elections: Battles for the cities shape up

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Volen Siderov

With the deadline for political parties and coalitions competing in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections having passed, the

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Bulgarian President Radev steps into domestic political row over Nato and the Black Sea

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

In a late-night post on Facebook, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has stepped into a domestic pre-election political

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Bulgarian elections 2017: Party leaders to battle it out in Sofia’s biggest electoral districts

February 20, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Electoral district 25 in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will be the scene of an electoral battle among some of the country’s

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Borissov predicts difficulty in forming government after Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections

February 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

GERB leader and former prime minister Boiko Borissov predicted on February 16 that it would be difficult to form a

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB party presents governance programme

February 3, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, Boiko Borissov’s GERB party has presented its governance programme, envisaging a large

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Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet takes office, pledging financial stability and fair elections

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet headed by Ognyan Gerdzhikov took office on January 27, with head of state Roumen Radev giving it

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