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Bulgaria local elections 2019

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Bulgarian 2019 local elections: BSP claims it has ‘returned to municipal government’

October 27, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

In the first 90 minutes after the announcement of exit poll results after Bulgaria’s October 27 local elections, it was

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: A bad night for ultra-nationalists

October 27, 2019October 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Exit polls after voting ended in Bulgaria’s mayoral elections on October 27 2019 showed that it had been a bad

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Exit polls show GERB the winner, but weakened

October 27, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

The first exit poll results released after voting ended in Bulgaria’s mayoral and municipal elections on October 27 showed that

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Two websites fined for posting exit polls before voting ends

October 27, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media

As voting proceeded in Bulgaria’s October 27 local elections, at least three media ignored a call by the Central Election

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Bulgarian PM accuses President of campaigning on election day

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria local elections 2019, Roumen Radev

Few occasions, political or otherwise, can pass in Bulgaria without its Prime Minister and President getting into a tangle. October

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Voting begins in Bulgaria’s October 2019 mayoral and municipal elections

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Polling stations in 256 municipalities in Bulgaria have opened in the October 27 local elections, with official Central Election Commission

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week four

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019

Ataka party leader Volen Siderov, in front of cameras, submitted his resignation from Parliament on Thursday (stifles yawn). Now you

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Booze bans in Plovdiv, Stara Zagora

October 25, 2019October 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv

The sale, serving and use of alcohol at eating establishments and other public places is banned in Plovdiv on October

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Nessebur mayor among accused of vote-buying

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

The mayor of the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Nessebur, Nikolai Dimitrov, is accused of heading an organised crime group

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