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Turkish president Erdogan holds talks with leader of Bulgaria’s ‘Turkish’ party

September 14, 2014September 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks in Ankara with Lyutvi Mestan, leader of Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms

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Bulgaria 

‘Stability’ the buzzword as Bulgaria’s parliamentary election campaign gets underway

September 8, 2014September 14, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Mihail Mikov, Rossen Plevneliev

After many months of torrid political dramas in Bulgaria, the theme of stability has emerged as a talking point among

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parties remain deadlocked on Budget revision

August 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev

Talks between Bulgaria’s largest political parties, hosted by President Rossen Plevneliev on August 1, have failed to break the deadlock

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s parliament paralysed as pressure mounts on government to bring forward resignation

July 4, 2014July 8, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

The sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly on July 4 was cancelled as, for the third consecutive day, it failed to

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev: Political consultations will determine when government resigns

June 17, 2014June 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said that coming political consultations would determine when the cabinet would resign, adding that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to hold early parliamentary elections on date between September 28 and October 12

June 17, 2014June 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria is to hold early national parliamentary elections on a date between September 28 and October 12 2014, President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

GERB, MRF welcome elections statement by Stanishev

June 10, 2014June 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

GERB is ready for elections, leader Boiko Borissov said on June 10 soon after Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev

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Bulgaria 

Tussles continue among Bulgarian political parties over compulsory voting, election date

June 8, 2014June 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

After yet another week of political crisis after the powerful defeat dealt to the Bulgarian Socialist Party in the European

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Bulgaria 

Reactions to Stanishev – contradictions on compulsory voting, confusion over early elections

June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB leader Boiko Borissov welcomed a June 6 statement by Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev proposing compulsory

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