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Opposition socialist candidate Radev in landslide win in Bulgaria’s presidential elections

November 13, 2016November 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Roumen Radev, the candidate of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, has won a landslide victory in the country’s November 2016 presidential

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Election Commission investigating whether Borissov broke law against campaigning on election day

November 13, 2016November 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission is investigating following several complaints that Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov broke the

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Bulgarian PM repeats on presidential election day that he will resign if his party loses

November 13, 2016November 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

As Bulgarians went to the polls on November 13 in the second round of presidential elections, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Roundup, November 11

November 11, 2016November 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

As the eve of the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential election approached, the results of all opinion polls made public

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Bulgarian, CEE leaders react to Trump election

November 10, 2016November 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kosovo, Macedonia, Poland, Rossen Plevneliev, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov are among leaders in Central and Eastern Europe who have sent

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IBNA/Op-Ed: Not a very good year for Bulgarian PM Borissov

November 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Every opinion poll in Bulgaria in recent years shows Boiko Borissov’s GERB party as the one with by far the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov defers question of resignation until after presidential election runoff

November 7, 2016November 8, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

At an impromptu news conference in the first minutes of November 7, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that the

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Bulgaria 

Presidential elections: Bulgarian PM Borissov will speak on fate of government ‘no earlier than Monday’

November 6, 2016November 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is expected to speak no earlier than November 7 about the fate of his government,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev wishes successor a calmer term in office than he’s had

November 6, 2016November 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

After casting his ballot in presidential elections on November 6, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev – who is not standing for

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