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Bulgaria elections 2017

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Could the lack of voting machines sink Bulgaria’s March parliamentary elections?

February 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The fact that there will not be voting machines at all polling stations in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary

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Deluges of promises and insults unleashed as Bulgarian election campaigns begin

February 27, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

With sideswipes at opponents and waves of promises, Bulgaria’s political parties and coalitions have begun their official campaigns ahead of

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB has narrow lead over BSP – Alpha Research

February 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The official campaign month ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections sees Boiko Borissov’s GERB party with a

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Central Election Commission rejects sole bid to supply voting machines

February 25, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has rejected the sole bid to rent voting machines to it for the March 26

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Bulgaria elections 2017: Former nationalist MEP is candidate for ‘Turkish party’

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

In one of the most astonishing twists in Bulgaria’s 2017 early parliamentary elections, Slavi Binev – formerly a member of

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Official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 parliamentary elections begins

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 early parliamentary elections began on February 24, with a total of

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Bulgaria 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB accuses caretaker cabinet of taking sides

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The firing of Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi Kostov is the latest episode to have irked GERB leader Boiko Borissov’s

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Voting machines: Bulgaria’s caretaker PM admits elections could face Constitutional Court challenge

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

By the time of the February 22 deadline for applications, there had been only one bid to rent voting machines

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Bulgaria’s axed Interior Ministry chief secretary lodged complaint to Prosecutor-General about pressure to quit

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

Georgi Kostov, dismissed as Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry chief secretary on February 22, said that he had approached the Prosecutor-General about

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