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Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria presidential elections November 2016 and national referendum November 2016

Perspectives 

Will Bulgaria’s presidential elections lead to early parliamentary elections?

October 17, 2016October 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Political parties participating in a coalition government experience give-and-take. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, amid the stoked-up temperature of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2016: The wrap of the week that was, October 16

October 16, 2016October 18, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Perhaps Bulgaria’s lawmakers, who have made amending the Electoral Code something of a hobby, should in future write their revisions

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2016 elections: Constitutional Court challenge over polling stations abroad

October 16, 2016October 18, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Maya Manolova will lodge a challenge in the Constitutional Court on October 17 to the Electoral Code provision

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Elections 2016: Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission decides details of polling stations abroad

October 15, 2016October 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission announced on October 15 its decision on the polling stations to be opened in foreign countries

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View from Sofia: In the shadow of elections

October 15, 2016October 17, 2016 Denica Yotova of the European Council on Foreign Relations Bulgaria elections 2016, Russia

EU-Russia relations is traditionally a controversial issue in Bulgarian politics and society. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry seems to be on

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Bulgaria 

Day of drama as Bulgarian PM Borissov confronts coalition government partners

October 14, 2016October 17, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov called an emergency meeting of his Cabinet and leaders of parties participating in the government,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM threatens coalition reshuffle, elections, after farce over special sitting of Parliament

October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov rushed to Parliament for an unscheduled stop on October 14 to deal a tongue-lashing to

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Bulgaria 

October 14 special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament fails for lack of quorum

October 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

A special sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, called for October 14 in spite of Parliament having voted itself a recess

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2016 elections: Central Election Commission will decide on ‘media packages’ for news sites

October 13, 2016October 15, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016, Media

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission will allow the awarding of “media packages” for election advertising on some news websites, depending on

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