Bulgaria 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB accuses caretaker cabinet of taking sides
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Bulgaria’s Alpha Research: Election now likely to produce stalemate in Parliament similar to 2013
A Bulgarian parliamentary election now would be likely to produce a situation similar to that in 2013, a stalemate in
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EC report on Bulgaria’s performance against graft and organised crime ‘objective’
Reciting a description heard repeatedly over the past 10 years, both government and opposition figures in Bulgaria described a European
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