Bulgarian nationalist leader Simeonov pushes talk of broad ‘German coalition’ government
In spite of repeated insistence by GERB leader Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova that they will not
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Bulgaria elections 2017
European and foreign policy implications of Bulgaria’s election
The EU has dodged a bullet in the Bulgarian elections with the victory of former prime minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party.
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Bulgaria after the March 2017 parliamentary elections: Recriminations and resignations
The aftermath of the results of Bulgaria’s March 26 parliamentary elections is seeing a predictable round of recriminations, while among
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Controversy over Bulgarian TV station’s decision not to air talk show host’s episode
A controversy has erupted over the decision by Bulgarian television station bTV not to air an episode of talk show
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Turkey has not quite gone away as an issue in Bulgarian politics
The March 2017 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria may be over, but the issue of Turkey’s role in Bulgarian domestic politics
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International observers criticise Bulgarian media coverage that preceded country’s elections
In a preliminary report the day after Bulgaria’s March 26 parliamentary elections, international observers have criticised Bulgarian media coverage of
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Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections: The winners and losers
If anyone may fairly be said to have lost Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections, Zlatko Zdravkov would be an appropriate
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Bulgaria elections: With all votes counted, GERB 32.65%, BSP 27.2%
With 100 per cent of votes counted, Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party had 32.65 per cent of the vote and the
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Bulgaria’s 2017 parliamentary elections: nationalist coalition ‘disappointed’ by result
Valeri Simeonov, one of the co-leaders of the United Patriots coalition of nationalist parties in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 parliamentary
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