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European elections 2014

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Georgieva poised to be Bulgaria’s European Commission nominee as issue passes to caretaker cabinet

July 24, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, European elections 2014, Plamen Oresharski

Attempts by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) for the country to name a candidate European Commissioner other than Kristalina Georgieva

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Bulgaria 

Borissov repeats demand for GERB to nominate Bulgaria’s European Commissioner

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission, European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian opposition centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov has repeated his insistence that his party should nominate the country’s European

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Bulgaria 

BWC, BSP spent most money in European Parliament election campaigns – audit office

July 8, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Former talk show host Nikolai Barekov’s populist Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) party spent by far the most among the parties

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Perspectives 

Strong backing in EU for Bulgaria’s Georgieva to be bloc’s next foreign policy chief

July 8, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European Commission, European elections 2014

A significant number of European Union countries have signalled to Sofia their support for Bulgaria’s current European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva

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Europe 

The ins and outs of the new European Parliament political groups

June 26, 2014June 26, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European elections 2014, European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

The new European Parliament, to hold its first sitting on July 1 to 3 2014, will have seven political groups,

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: GERB will attend June 27 political consultations on early elections

June 25, 2014June 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

Centre-right opposition GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said on June 25 that he would accept a Bulgarian Socialist Party invitation

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Bulgaria 

A month after European elections, scant signs Bulgaria is emerging from political quagmire

June 25, 2014June 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, European elections 2014, Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev

June 25 is a month to the day since the turning point of Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections, which saw the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Stanishev quits National Assembly to become MEP

June 24, 2014June 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

Sergei Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and of the Party of European Socialists, has quit the 42nd National

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s MEPs take their places in European Parliament political groupings

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, European Parliament

The 17 MEPs elected by Bulgaria in the country’s May 25 European Parliament elections have taken their places in the

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