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GERB offers deal on no-confidence vote as government limps towards its end

June 10, 2014June 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

On the afternoon that Plamen Oresharski, entering his final stages as prime minister, left the Positano Street headquarters of the

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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 

Bulgarian President calls national security council to discuss early election date

June 10, 2014June 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said that he was calling a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security on June

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev: After European Parliament elections, we realised cabinet could not complete its term

June 10, 2014June 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

For the first time, Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev has admitted in public that after the party’s defeat in

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev: Bulgarian cabinet to resign in days, early elections ‘possible’ end of July

June 10, 2014June 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Bulgaria should hold early parliamentary elections at the end of July 2014, with the cabinet resigning in coming days after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President, newly-elected MEPs discuss European Commissioner nomination, early elections

June 9, 2014June 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev hosted a meeting on June 9 with Bulgaria’s recently-elected members of the European Parliament, although there

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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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Bulgaria 

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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