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Bulgaria presidential elections November 2016 and national referendum November 2016

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Recriminations, calls for resignations after Bulgaria flops in UN race

October 6, 2016October 7, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgaria’s socialist opposition parties have seized on the failure of the Bulgarian candidates – one official and the other not

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Record 23 candidates in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections

October 5, 2016October 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

A record 23 candidates are standing in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections, it emerged as ballot numbers were drawn on

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Bulgaria elections 2016: Controversy over election commission decision on ‘media packages’

October 4, 2016October 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Media

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) is expected to face a challenge in the Supreme Administrative Court over its controversial decision

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Bulgarian presidential candidate says check on ‘chemtrails’ possible

October 3, 2016October 6, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Socialist Party presidential candidate and former air force commander Roumen Radev may have made a significant sortie into the

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Bulgarian PM Borissov says he will resign if his party’s presidential candidate loses first round

October 3, 2016October 5, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 3 that he and his government would resign on November 6 if

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Bulgaria presidential race: Rivals like GERB candidate for all the wrong reasons

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria now knows who will be the largest political party’s candidate in the November 2016 presidential elections, and the nomination

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Borissov’s GERB names National Assembly Speaker Tsacheva as presidential candidate

October 2, 2016October 4, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister and centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said on October 2 that National Assembly Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva

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Bulgarian presidential election campaigns underway as GERB candidate awaited

September 30, 2016October 4, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

Never mind the official campaign period beginning on October 6, candidates in Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential election race are already on

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Twelve parties, five coalitions register for Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections

September 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

All the political parties represented in Bulgaria’s National Assembly have registered to participate in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections, the

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