Mayor of Bulgaria’s Nessebur transported from custody to be sworn in
In a packed municipal hall in Bulgaria’s seaside town of Nessebur, Nikolai Dimitrov was sworn in on November 11 for
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Bulgaria local elections 2019
Five BSP MPs, one from GERB, resign from Parliament after being elected to local government
Six members of the National Assembly have resigned as MPs after being elected to local government. The resignations were accepted
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At post-election conference, Borissov’s GERB lashes out at political opponents
A conference called by GERB leader and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to evaluate the party’s performance in the autumn 2019
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Bulgarian court imprisons Sliven man for five months for vote-buying
The Sliven District Court has handed an effective sentence of five months in prison to a man from the town
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Bulgarian Socialist Party to ask court to nullify Shoumen mayoral election
The Bulgarian Socialist Party in Shoumen is to lodge an application in the Administrative Court for the nullification of the
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet appoints new regional governors of Plovdiv, Haskovo
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet, at a scheduled meeting on November 6, appointed new regional governors in Plovdiv and
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The votes for No One (or, Dr Fell)
The second round of Bulgaria’s mayoral elections is over, and thus, all of the mayoral elections. In those places where
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After Bulgaria’s 2019 mayoral elections: A scorecard
With the Central Election Commission having announced all ballots tallied, both rounds of Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections are over, bar
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Bulgarian Socialist Party leader on elections results: GERB is ‘eroding’ in local government
The leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Kornelia Ninova, said on November 4 that the outcome of the
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