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Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria presidential elections November 2016 and national referendum November 2016

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: President Plevneliev will not be candidate to replace Georgieva as European Commissioner

October 29, 2016November 1, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 29 that incumbent head of state President Rossen Plevneliev will not be

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Political row in Bulgaria over European Parliament migration resolution

October 28, 2016November 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Europe migrant crisis, European Parliament

Bulgaria’s largest parliamentary party GERB and the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition have launched verbal attacks on the opposition Bulgarian Socialist

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Bulgaria 2016 elections podcast: ‘I don’t support anyone’ – except Felix the cat

October 27, 2016October 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, podcast, podcasts

More than six million Bulgarians inside the country and abroad are being called to the polls in November 2016 to

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev says will not veto last-minute changes to election laws

October 27, 2016October 28, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on October 27 that he would not veto the last-minute changes to the Electoral Code

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12 days before presidential election, Bulgarian Parliament amends electoral laws

October 26, 2016October 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

With 12 days to go before Bulgaria’s November 6 presidential elections, the country’s Parliament approved on October 26 the second

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Bulgaria elections 2016: The wrap of the week that was, October 23

October 23, 2016October 25, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

The big takeaway from the past week in the campaigns ahead of Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections is that we

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Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Last-minute Electoral Code changes push up price tag

October 22, 2016October 25, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

Amendments to Bulgaria’s election laws, being approved with about two weeks to go to the November 2016 presidential elections, are

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Bulgarian Parliament takes step to removing limit on polling stations in EU countries

October 21, 2016October 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on October 21 the first reading of amendments to the Electoral Code, including removing in European Union

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Bulgarian election commission increases polling stations abroad for presidential election

October 20, 2016October 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

As Bulgaria’s Parliament is poised to debate amendments to the Electoral Code that would scrap a limit on the number

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