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Stanishev: Bulgarian Socialist Party to hold talks with other parties on early elections – with compulsory voting

June 6, 2014June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Embattled Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev told a news conference on June 6 that his party was ready to hold

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Bulgaria 

Borissov responds to Mestan: Talks with President on early elections ‘should start tomorrow’

June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan

Talks with the President on a date for early national parliamentary elections “should start tomorrow”, Boiko Borissov, leader of centre-right

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms calls for early parliamentary elections by end of 2014

June 5, 2014June 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) believes that early parliamentary elections should be held by the end of 2014,

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Bulgaria 

Oresharski: Cabinet changes coming

May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

There will be changes to Bulgaria’s cabinet but these had not yet been discussed with the two parliamentary groups supporting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling axis seeks to close ranks against resignation demands

May 29, 2014June 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

In spite of the Bulgarian Socialist Party being trounced in European Parliament elections, the parties of the ruling axis –

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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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian politicians in new eavesdropping row

January 16, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right opposition GERB party, former prime minister Boiko Borissov, has said that he will approach the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling axis says it will propose cut to taxpayer-funded subsidies for political parties

December 1, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the two major parties in Bulgaria’s ruling axis, have agreed

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Anti-government protests in Bulgaria: A parliament behind barricades and a ‘different reality’

November 13, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev

In the 42nd National Assembly on the morning of November 13, Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Lyutvi Mestan said

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