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Bulgarian election 2013

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: GERB and BSP ‘neck and neck’, poll says

April 17, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the Bulgarian Socialist Party are neck and neck in support in opinion polls, local agency BBSS

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Coalition question at forefront as election campaigns begin in Bulgaria

April 14, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

The first days of campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 national parliamentary elections saw the question of which parties

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev calls for ‘responsible and positive’ election campaign

April 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013, Rossen Plevneliev

In a special message to mark the start on April 12 of the official campaigning period ahead of Bulgaria’s ahead-of-term

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The numbers game as parliamentary election campaigns start in Bulgaria

April 12, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

A total of 7200 Bulgarians are candidates in the May 12 national parliamentary elections, and just 240 will make it

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Bulgaria increases funding for voting abroad in May 12 elections

April 10, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved an additional 210 000 leva (about 105 000 euro) for preparations and holding of voting abroad

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Bulgaria’s election battle lines: GERB and the BSP

April 8, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2013, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

Perhaps when April 12 brings the formal start of the campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 national parliamentary elections,

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Bulgarian President calls for higher turnout at May 12 election

April 4, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on April 4 that he hoped turnout at the May 12 parliamentary elections would be

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New poll shows widening gap between Bulgaria’s two biggest parties

April 4, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

The gap between Bulgaria’s centre-right party GERB, until recently in government, and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), its main rival

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Bulgaria’s GERB widens gap despite nationwide protests – poll

April 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgarian centre-right party GERB, in government until February, when prime minister Boiko Borissov resigned following large nationwide protests, widened the

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