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Judicial council clears Burgas judge Krasimira Doneva to run in vote
There are 21 candidates for the six seats on the future Judges' College of the Supreme Judicial Council. The vote is on 7 November.
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Election commission draws lots tomorrow to decide whether Yotova or Gyurov speaks first before runoff
The two candidates will each get up to 10 minutes on BNT and BNR on 30 October, the last day of campaigning between the two rounds.
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72 complaints filed with election commission over Radev's statement backing Yotova
The Central Election Commission has not yet examined the complaints in detail and has not decided whether the Electoral Code was broken. It is also…
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Court allows Rashkov, Tonchev and Vasilev to be questioned in Kiril Petkov case
Sofia City Court has approved questioning four witnesses at the request of prosecutors, who will also ask Boyko Borissov to testify.
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Interior ministry: no mass vote buying, most reports from northwest Bulgaria and Burgas
The interior ministry received 242 reports of election violations and has opened 6 pre-trial investigations. It says it will stay on alert until the…
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Kanev: Radev-Kostadinov deal is a worrying sign
DSB leader Radan Kanev has criticised Vazrazhdane's refusal to back Andrey Gyurov in the presidential run-off.
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Interior Ministry will issue voting certificates to people without ID cards until 1 November
Certificates from the first round are not valid in the runoff. People can get new ones from 26 October, including on Saturday and Sunday.
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Interior Ministry has 168 reports of election violations, 143 of them on vote buying (updated)
The Interior Ministry has received 168 reports of election violations since the campaign for president and vice president began. Most of them concern…
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Kostadinov: Vazrazhdane will not give Gyurov a single vote in runoff (updated)
Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said the party backs neither Gyurov nor Kandev, and its voters will split into three groups.
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Ombudsman asks for uniform rules on accessible polling stations in time for Sunday's run-off
Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva has sent the Central Election Commission 10 steps to check whether polling stations are accessible to people with…
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Petar Todorov and Gen Emil Tonev expected to testify in Kiril Petkov case
Sofia City Court expects testimony from the former chief secretary of the Interior Ministry and the head of the National Protective Service in the…
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Yuzergan: Pollsters lulled our voters with forecasts of a sure win
Nihal Yuzergan of "Progressive Bulgaria" linked the low turnout and the small gap between Yotova and Gyurov to forecasts of a sure win.
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Yotova and Gyurov to meet in presidential runoff on 1 November, election commission to announce result today
Iliana Yotova leads Andrey Gyurov by 34.8% to 32% after the first round. The two will meet in a runoff on Sunday, 1 November.
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Yotova leads in Burgas region with 35.96% after 36.76% of protocols counted
Around midnight, Iliana Yotova was in first place in the region in the presidential election, with Andrey Gyurov second and Kostadin Kostadinov third.
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Sofia voter votes three times on machine, case goes to prosecutors
In the 24th election district, a woman cast three votes after a machine error. In an interim count, a machine showed 12 votes against 17 signatures…