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2014 in Bulgaria: Snapshots

December 31, 2014January 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, CCB affair, energy, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski, South Stream, Varna floods
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Bulgaria 

Audit office figures: Borissov’s GERB top spender among parties in parliamentary election campaign

November 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB spent more than 2.8 million leva on its campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition drama: Borissov ‘worried’ about chance of stable government

October 26, 2014October 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014

Talks on October 26 between GERB leader Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Mihail Mikov produced confirmation that the

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Bulgaria 

Patriotic Front will support GERB government without having cabinet seats, as ALDE slams extreme right parties participating in deal

October 23, 2014October 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Negotiators for Bulgaria’s nationalist coalition Patriotic Front and majority party GERB emerged from more than three hours of second-round talks

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Bulgaria 

Complaint against vote in Turkey in Bulgaria’s elections referred to Constitutional Court

October 23, 2014October 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court decided on October 23 to refer to the Constitutional Court various complaints related to the October

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition drama: GERB, ABC in ‘constructive’ talks but differences remain

October 23, 2014October 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Bulgaria’s minority socialist ABC party cannot participate in a centre-right coalition, negotiator Ivailo Kalfin said after talks with election winner

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Patriotic Front’s price for participation in GERB coalition: freezing the price of electricity

October 23, 2014October 25, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2014, energy

Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front coalition is setting its price for participation in a GERB coalition government – freezing the price

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition drama: Reformist Bloc sees Patriotic Front as ‘acceptable’ partner

October 22, 2014October 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

The Reformist Bloc sees the best possible government for Bulgaria as a centre-right coalition and sees the nationalist Patriotic Front

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition drama: Reformist Bloc leaders hold talks with Borissov

October 21, 2014October 22, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2014

Leaders of Bulgaria’s centre-right minority Reformist Bloc coalition held unannounced talks with GERB chief Boiko Borissov and his deputies on

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