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Bulgaria local elections 2019

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Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court refers case of Siderov vs BNT back to election commission

October 12, 2019October 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

The Supreme Administrative Court has referred back to the Central Election Commission the commission’s refusal to oblige public broadcaster Bulgarian

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week two

October 11, 2019October 13, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas, Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections is at its midway point, with two more weeks to

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Fisticuffs on the far-right?

October 9, 2019October 12, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Ladies and gentlemen, in the far-right corner, Volen Siderov. In the other far-right corner, Angel Dzhambazki. In short: One of

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Bulgaria’s local elections: Alpha Research poll shows Fandukova with very narrow lead in Sofia mayoral race

October 9, 2019October 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Results of a poll by the Alpha Research agency released on October 9 show incumbent Sofia mayor and GERB candidate

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week one

October 4, 2019October 8, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019

Around the time of the official start of campaigning a week ago ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 municipal elections, there

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Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission: Siderov violated rules on TV talk show

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party and a Sofia mayoral candidate, violated election law by his behaviour on

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Broadcast regulator condemns behaviour of Siderov on Bulgarian National Television election show

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

The Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has expressed concern about the behaviour of Ataka leader and Sofia mayoral candidate Volen

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Outrage over Ataka leader Siderov’s antics on Bulgarian National Television talk show

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

There has been widespread outrage after Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party and a Sofia mayoral candidate, disrupted

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The battle for Rousse

October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Rousse

In Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral elections, the contest in the Danube city of Rousse is one of the most interesting

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