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Bulgaria’s April elections: Candidate MPs who worked for communist State Security named

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission, the body empowered by statute to disclose the names of those in public life who worked for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament amends law on naming communist-era agents

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on June 1 the second reading of amendments, tabled by the Democratic Bulgaria coalition, providing for the

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Bulgaria’s 2021 presidential elections: No candidate worked for communist-era secret services, Dossier Commission says

November 5, 2021November 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission, Bulgaria’s statutory body empowered to check people in various walks of public life for affiliation to the

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Fifty-seven candidate MPs in Bulgaria’s November election worked for communist-era secret services

November 1, 2021November 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Dossier Commission

Fifty-seven of the candidates in Bulgaria’s November 14 early parliamentary elections worked for the country’s communist-era secret services State Security

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Bulgaria’s July elections: 50 candidates worked for communist-era secret service

June 29, 2021July 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe team Bulgaria elections 2021, Dossier Commission

Fifty of the candidates from various parties competing in Bulgaria’s July 2021 early parliamentary elections worked for the country’s communist-era

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2021 elections: 87 candidate MPs worked for communist-era secret service

March 23, 2021March 30, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2021, Dossier Commission

A total of 87 candidate Members of Parliament in Bulgaria’s April 4 2021 elections worked for the country’s communist-era secret

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, elects new member

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Dossier Commission

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, elected Bishop Yakov as the new Metropolitan of Dorostol

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Bulgaria 

Democratic Bulgaria quits support for mayoral candidate named State Security agent

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Dossier Commission

The Democratic Bulgaria coalition announced on October 22 that it was withdrawing its support for a mayoral candidate exposed the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: 137 candidate mayors worked for communist-era secret services

October 22, 2019October 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

A total of 137 candidate mayors in Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 local elections were named by the Dossier Commission on October

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