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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Turkey
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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Bulgaria’s security agency bars two more Turkish citizens as threat to national security
Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security has ordered the expulsion of a Turkish citizen and declared another persona non grata
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Prosecutor-General: Bulgaria will not extradite border policemen wanted by Turkey on murder, manslaughter charges
Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on March 22 that Bulgaria will not extradite to Turkey four border policemen wanted by Ankara
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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Reports received of voters being bussed in from Turkey – Deputy PM
Bulgaria’s caretaker government has received reports of buses being organised to bring voters in from Turkey for the March 26
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Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 21
With five days to go to Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections, Turkey and the two Bulgarian political parties with close
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Police presence stepped up as Bulgarian nationalists vow more Turkish border blockades over ‘electoral tourism’
The police presence at Bulgaria’s border crossings with Turkey has been stepped up, the Interior Ministry said on March 21,
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‘United Patriots’ block Bulgaria’s border with Turkey to bar vehicles carrying voters
Supporters of Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition blocked border checkpoints with Turkey on the morning of March 21 in a
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