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Bulgaria presidential elections November 2016 and national referendum November 2016

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Bulgarian President takes referendum questions to Constitutional Court

May 27, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev is asking the Constitutional Court to rule whether three of the questions planned

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Borissov: I could have been President years ago if I wanted

May 27, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on May 27 that he did not see himself as the unifying right-wing candidate

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Plevneliev’s statement he won’t be election candidate sparks mixed reactions

May 20, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

The announcement on May 20 by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev that he will not be a candidate for re-election in

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev announces he will not stand for re-election

May 20, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on May 20 2016 that he would not stand for re-election in the country’s autumn

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Plevneliev to take election law amendments to Constitutional Court

May 18, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Condemning the National Assembly’s rejection of his veto of election law amendments on voting abroad as “the latest occasion that

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Bulgarian Parliament greenlights referendum after petition by TV host

May 12, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on May 12 to approve the holding of a national referendum on five questions raised in

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