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Bulgaria 2017 elections: Former justice minister’s Yes Bulgaria urgently gathering signatures to register as coalition

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

Yes Bulgaria, the anti-corruption and pro-judicial reform political party founded by former justice minister Hristo Ivanov, was holding an urgent

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Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Appeals in court attempt to block former justice minister’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ party

February 6, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, judiciary

Three appeals in court against the registration of former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s Yes Bulgaria (Да, България!) political party could

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Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Nationalist ‘United Patriots’ coalition lodges registration application

February 5, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The “United Patriots” coalition, a cluster of nationalist and far-right parties that stood together in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections,

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Bulgarian Socialist Party puts 12-year term limit on its members of Parliament

February 5, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

At a two-day congress, the Bulgarian Socialist Party adopted rule changes including limiting its MPs to no more than 12

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB party presents governance programme

February 3, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, Boiko Borissov’s GERB party has presented its governance programme, envisaging a large

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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Two socialist minority parties sign coalition deal

February 3, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Two Bulgarian socialist minority parties have signed an election coalition agreement ahead of the country’s early parliamentary elections to be

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Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Welcome to the machine

February 2, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgarian government officials are at pains to issue assurances that the March 2017 parliamentary elections will succeed in spite of

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Bulgaria scrambles to respond to Supreme Court order for machine voting at all polling stations

February 2, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Stefan Yanev, in charge of preparations for the country’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, was

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Bulgarian supreme court scraps limit of 500 voting machines for elections

February 1, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has overturned the limit set by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of no more than 500

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