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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Manolova camp to seek nullification of Sofia mayoral vote

November 4, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The initiative committee that nominated Maya Manolova in the Sofia mayoral elections said after her second-round defeat that it would

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week five

November 1, 2019November 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

To channel Highlander, Sunday is coming – and there can only be one. In Sofia and 18 other cities that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist VMRO endorses Fandukova in Sofia mayoral election run-off

October 31, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The ultra-nationalist VMRO has endorsed GERB candidate Yordanka Fandukova in the November 3 second round of mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s

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Alpha Research poll: GERB’s Sofia mayor Fandukova will defeat Manolova in run-off

October 30, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Incumbent Sofia mayor and GERB candidate Yordanka Fandukova will defeat her socialist-backed challenger Maya Manolova in the run-off vote on

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Bulgaria 

Mayoral candidates in Bulgaria’s large cities pursue endorsements ahead of run-off elections

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Spare a thought for Mladen Mladenov, Iliya Zyumbilev and Milena Dimitrova. Few else may. In the October 27 mayoral elections

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Sofia mayoral election run-off: Democratic Bulgaria endorses neither Fandukova nor Manolova

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Leaders of the reformist Democratic Bulgaria coalition told a news conference on October 28 that in the November 3 Sofia

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Four Sofia mayoral candidates meet in TV debate

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Four of the 20 candidates in the autumn 2019 mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia met in a debate

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week two

October 11, 2019October 13, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas, Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections is at its midway point, with two more weeks to

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Fisticuffs on the far-right?

October 9, 2019October 12, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Ladies and gentlemen, in the far-right corner, Volen Siderov. In the other far-right corner, Angel Dzhambazki. In short: One of

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