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European elections 2014

Bulgaria 

European elections 2014: Unlike elsewhere in EU, far-right in reverse in Bulgaria

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European elections 2014, Volen Siderov

What the French prime minister reportedly described as the “political earthquake” of the rise of far-right parties in European Parliament

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Bulgaria 

Parties in Bulgaria’s ruling axis signal government to stay in spite of BSP rout in European elections

May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

In spite of the Bulgarian Socialist Party having come in a poor second, about 10 per cent behind the centre-right

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Bulgaria 

Peevski ‘almost quit politics’ but will not take up MEP seat

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Peevski protests

An immediate focus of fascination at the Movement for Rights and Freedoms’ election night news conference was Delyan Peevski, the

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Europe 

Projection: Centre-right EPP wins largest share, 211 seats in European Parliament

May 26, 2014May 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

A projection of the outcome of the May 22 to 25 2014 European Parliament elections shows the centre-right European People’s

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Bulgaria 

European elections 2014: Bulgarian socialists refuse to admit failure

May 26, 2014May 28, 2014 Alex Bivol European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

Flanked by a row of the party’s stone-faced MEP candidates, Bulgarian socialist leader Sergei Stanishev refused to admit failure after

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Bulgaria 

Who has Bulgaria elected as its MEPs?

May 25, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

With several polling agencies showing similar projected results after Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections, there is some indication

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Bulgaria 

Barekov: We want talks with President Plevneliev on caretaker government, early elections

May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Nikolai Barekov, leader of Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) told an election night news conference that his party wanted the parties

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Bulgaria 

Parallel count: MRF gains European Parliament seat at expense of Bulgarian Socialist Party

May 25, 2014May 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

The Bulgarian Socialist Party has won only four out of Bulgaria’s 17 MEP seats in the European Parliament, going by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European elections: Revised exit polls show even gloomier picture for BSP

May 25, 2014May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Updates on exit polls after Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections showed an even gloomier picture for the Bulgarian

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