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Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Governing coalition’s parties rival mayoral candidates

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2023, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

With the September 26 deadline for nominations looming, the names of the mayoral candidates in Bulgaria’s four largest cities put

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Bulgaria’s government budgets 151.1M leva for October 2023 municipal elections

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

Bulgaria’s government has allocated 151.1 million leva for the country’s mayoral and municipal elections, the first round of which will

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Bulgaria’s government transfers 81M leva for costs of April’s early elections

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

Meeting on August 30, Bulgaria’s government approved 81 million leva to meet the actual costs of the country’s April 2

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Bulgaria to hold 2023 municipal and mayoral elections on October 29

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgaria is to hold scheduled municipal and mayoral elections on October 29 2023. This is in accordance with a decree

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Democratic Bulgaria co-leader Ivanov: We will restart parliamentary democracy

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

In an interview published on the eve of the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition formally presenting its proposed government

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Denkov on WCC-Democratic Bulgaria + GERB-UDF government talks: ‘We are making progress’

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria candidate Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, speaking on June 1 after several hours of negotiations with

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Bulgaria: Wrangling over ‘frozen’ talks on a government continues

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

GERB-UDF’s Maria Gabriel stated conditions on May 30 for the “frozen” talks with We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition on

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We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition accepts mandate to seek to form a government

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

In a ceremony lasting barely five minutes, President Roumen Radev handed on May 29 the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria’s recordings row: GERB freezes talks with WCC-DB on a government

May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB party has decided to “freeze” negotiations with We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria on a proposed government, it

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