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Bulgaria’s caretaker government replaces another seven regional governors

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

Meeting on February 15, Bulgaria’s caretaker government decided to replace seven regional governors, a week after dismissing 14. Caretaker Prime

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meglena kuneva, leader of the citizens for Bulgaria party
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Bulgarian elections 2017: Kouneva will not stand as candidate MP

February 13, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Meglena Kouneva, a former European Commissioner and former minister in three governments, said on February 13 that she would not

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Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission announces tender to rent 12 500 voting machines

February 11, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced a tender for the hire of 12 500 voting machines for the country’s

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Bulgarian elections 2017: There will be voting machines at all polling stations, CEC says

February 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) formally decided on February 10 that there will be voting machines at all polling stations

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: There’s even a Coalition of the Dissatisfied

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

Eighteen parties and nine coalitions have applied to the Central Election Commission for registration to take part in Bulgaria’s March

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Government approves extra spending for machine voting – but sum not known

February 8, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet has approved extra spending on the country’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections to enable machine voting at

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Ivanov’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ gets 20 000 signatures in a day, overshooting target for election registration

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s “Yes Bulgaria” faced a target of getting 3000 signatures in a day to register a

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Bulgarian Socialist Party signs election coalition deal with five parties including communists

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The Bulgarian Socialist Party has signed an election coalition agreement with five other parties for the country’s March 2017 early

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Hristo Ivanov’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ scrambles for signatures to stay in March 2017 elections

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, judiciary

At key points in Sofia on February 7, volunteers from former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s “Yes Bulgaria” asked passersby for

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