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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Socialist leader claims victory, blames bad organisation

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Bulgarian election 2013, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev claimed victory in the parliamentary elections on May 12, urging quick talks with other

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Labour ‘humiliated’ in Bulgaria, socialists say at May Day rally

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Never has labour in Bulgaria been so humiliated, having to choose between paying their electricity bills or buying food, Bulgarian

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Bulgarian socialist leader Stanishev testifies on wiretapping allegations

April 24, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev was to be questioned by prosecutors on April 24 about allegations he submitted of

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Tsvetanov should quit politics, rival parties say after eavesdropping report

April 15, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

GERB election campaign chief Tsvetan Tsvetanov should withdraw from politics, given his promise to do so should the Interior Ministry

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Restarting Belene and stopping railway privatisation part of BSP governance plan

April 9, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

A victory by the socialist-led Coalition for Bulgaria in the May 12 2013 parliamentary elections would mean a government programme

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Bulgaria’s election battle lines: GERB and the BSP

April 8, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2013, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

Perhaps when April 12 brings the formal start of the campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 national parliamentary elections,

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Two gentlemen of Bulgaria, a play in one act

March 29, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

A day after Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev leader provoked a huge scandal, announcing that he had received anonymous

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Bulgarian socialist leader to approach Prosecutor-General over alleged eavesdropping of politicians and business people

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said that he would approach the Prosecutor-General after receiving allegations that there had been

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Bulgaria 

A week in Bulgarian politics: Potshots in the shooting gallery

March 22, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Marin Raykov, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

A month after the resignation of the Boiko Borissov GERB government and with less than two months to go to

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