Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 24
Campaigning in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 elections closes – or is by law, is required to, lest anyone carry on
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Turkey
Burnt-out lorry from which refugees were rescued ‘identical’ to one owned by border fence company – report
A lorry from which a group of 30 migrants were rescued after it caught fire was “identical” to one owned
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Bulgarian nationalist protest against ‘electoral tourism’ blocks Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint at Turkish border
Bulgarian nationalist protesters against “electoral tourism” – the bussing-in of Bulgarian passport-holders from Turkey to vote in the March 26
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The buses from Bursa: Bulgarians voting, and visiting relatives
In a report on the bussing-in of voters from Turkey to Bulgaria for the country’s March 26 elections, public broadcaster
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Bulgarian voters from Turkey divert via Greece as ‘patriots’ again protest at Turkish border
Bulgarian passport-holders coming into the country to vote in the March 26 elections would now be coming via Greece instead
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Bulgarian President Radev responds to Erdoğan: ‘Bulgaria does not give or accept lessons on democracy’
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has responded to a call by his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the country to
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Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 23
With just a day left to campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 parliamentary elections, political party leaders were making their
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Bulgaria elections 2017: Passport or ID card gets voters free bus rides from Turkey to Kurdzhali – report
More than 20 buses arrived from Turkey in a single day in the southern Bulgarian town of Kurdzhali, with passengers
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Bulgaria caretaker PM: No law to stop ‘electoral tourism’
Caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said on March 22 that current Bulgarian law does not allow limiting “electoral tourism” –
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