Bulgarian courts sentence two for vote-buying
Courts in two Bulgarian towns have handed down sentences for vote-buying, but in both cases the sentences were only probation.
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Bulgarian election 2014
Bulgarian elections 2014: Arrests, raids of candidate MPs’ homes in actions against vote-buying
Police raided the home of a candidate MP in the Veliko Turnovo constituency in connection with an investigation into alleged
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Setting the scene
As Bulgarians, or at least a percentage of them, prepare to head for the ballot booths on October 5, the
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Bulgarian elections 2014: The factfile
Bulgaria’s voters go to the polls on October 5 2014 in ahead-of-term elections for the 43rd National Assembly, the country’s
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Bulgaria declares October 3 day of mourning after explosives plant blast
Bulgaria’s cabinet said that October 3 would be a national day of mourning in response to the blast at an
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Bulgaria’s election commission penalises ‘Turkish’ party for campaigning in Turkish
Three members of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (the MRF), the party led and supported in the main by
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Bulgarian elections 2014: NGO lodges complaint over far-right party’s poster
An election campaign poster by the far-right Bulgarian National Union-New Democracy party in the country’s early parliamentary elections on October
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Borissov’s GERB holds strong lead ahead of October 5 elections – poll
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party continues to hold a strong lead a few days ahead of Bulgaria’s October 5 early
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Electricity prices in Bulgaria increase by close to 10% on October 1
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) approved on October 1 electricity price increases of an average 9.79 per cent,
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