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Bulgaria elections 2017

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Bulgaria’s 2017 parliamentary elections: Battles for the cities shape up

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Volen Siderov

With the deadline for political parties and coalitions competing in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections having passed, the

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Bulgarian President Radev steps into domestic political row over Nato and the Black Sea

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

In a late-night post on Facebook, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has stepped into a domestic pre-election political

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Caretaker PM: Bulgaria will not nominate a European Commissioner for now

February 21, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017, European Commission

More than a month and a half since Bulgaria has had no European Commissioner, it remains unclear when a candidate

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Bulgarians abroad have until February 28 to apply to vote in March parliamentary elections

February 21, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgarians living abroad have until February 28 at midnight Sofia time to apply to vote in the March 26 2017

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Bulgarian elections 2017: Party leaders to battle it out in Sofia’s biggest electoral districts

February 20, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Electoral district 25 in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will be the scene of an electoral battle among some of the country’s

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: No firm has bid yet to supply voting machines

February 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

No company has yet filed documents to apply for the contract to rent voting machines to the Central Election Commission

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Borissov predicts difficulty in forming government after Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections

February 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

GERB leader and former prime minister Boiko Borissov predicted on February 16 that it would be difficult to form a

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: A wealth of promises of wealth

February 16, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

If anyone believes the promises of sundry parties ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, they must already be

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Bulgaria’s supreme court rejects applications against ‘Yes Bulgaria’ participation in March 2017 elections

February 15, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has dismissed applications by four complainants against the registration of former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s “Yes

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