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Latest protest demands Radev not sign decree appointing Geshev Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General

October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

The latest in a succession of protests against the appointment of Ivan Geshev as Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General saw a large turnout

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Alpha Research poll: GERB’s Sofia mayor Fandukova will defeat Manolova in run-off

October 30, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Incumbent Sofia mayor and GERB candidate Yordanka Fandukova will defeat her socialist-backed challenger Maya Manolova in the run-off vote on

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Bulgaria 

GERB expects dirty tricks stunt ahead of Bulgaria’s mayoral run-off elections

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party says that it expects a dirty tricks stunt to be mounted to

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Mayoral candidates in Bulgaria’s large cities pursue endorsements ahead of run-off elections

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Spare a thought for Mladen Mladenov, Iliya Zyumbilev and Milena Dimitrova. Few else may. In the October 27 mayoral elections

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Bulgaria’s Parliament accepts resignations of Pavlova, Siderov as MPs

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on October 30 to approve the resignations of Liliyana Pavlova and Volen Siderov as MPs. Pavlova

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Bulgaria heads for second-round mayoral elections in 97 municipalities on November 3

October 29, 2019October 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Voters in 97 municipalities in Bulgaria, including 18 major cities, will be invited back to the ballot boxes on November

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Bulgarian Socialist Party leader pours scorn on Borissov’s claim of ‘unprecedented victory’ in local elections

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria local elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova has poured scorn on claims by GERB party leader and Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Thousands voted ‘I don’t support anyone’

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Ballot papers in Bulgaria’s October 27 local elections offered the option of ticking the box “I don’t support anyone” and

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: A tale of two victories

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

There was a series of minor earthquakes in the Bulgarian town of Dospat in the Rhodope mountains on October 28,

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