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Sofia’s 2023 mayoral election run-off: Debating debating

November 2, 2023November 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Sofia

With one day left to the official campaign period ahead of the November 5 run-off in Bulgarian capital city Sofia’s

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Voting machines to be available at 5900 polling stations in Bulgaria’s mayoral elections run-offs

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Voting machines will be available at 5900 polling stations in Bulgaria’s mayoral elections run-offs on November 5, Bulgarian National Television

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Bulgaria’s 2023 mayoral elections: Borissov effectively endorses socialist-backed Grigorova

October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov has declined to officially endorse either candidate in the Sofia mayoral election run-off on November 5,

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Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: ‘Non-coalition’ partners face off in Sofia district mayor run-offs

October 30, 2023November 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

The run-offs for district mayors in Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia are set to test the already-strained relations between the

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Bulgaria: Supreme court annuls election commission’s ban on voting machines in municipal elections

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

In a ruling on the night of October 30, the day after the first round of Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections,

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Bulgaria’s 2023 local elections: Most cities head to run-off in mayoral elections

October 30, 2023November 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Nineteen cities serving as the administrative centres of districts in Bulgaria are heading to run-off mayoral elections on November 5

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Bulgaria’s 2023 local elections: Clear winners in eight city mayor races

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Mayoral elections in eight cities serving as the administrative centres of districts in Bulgaria on October 29 have produced clear

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Bulgaria’s 2023 local elections: Mayoral runoffs in Sofia, some other large cities – exit poll

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Exit polls at 8pm on October 29 indicated that there will be second-round voting in mayoral elections in capital city

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Voting in Bulgaria’s 2023 ‘paper ballot’ municipal elections proceeds

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Voting in Bulgaria’s October 29 municipal elections, controversially being held solely with paper ballots and not machines, was proceeding on

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