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Sungurlare mayor detained, allies of Dimitar Gavazov plan protest
GERB leader says he disagrees with prime minister Rumen Radev's comments on the detention of the Sungurlare mayor.
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Government approves €60.7m for 19 April election
The money covers costs that have already been paid. It is €5m less than the budget plan approved in February.
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Myara analyst: vote buying possible at end of campaign
Yanitsa Petkova expects a low turnout in the presidential election and no debate between the main candidates before the first round.
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Election commission restores stamp on machine-vote receipts
The Central Election Commission first issued instructions with no stamp on the receipts, but has now added one. A member of the section election…
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Borisov denies he is rattled or coordinating moves with Peevski
GERB leader Borisov has replied to prime minister Radev that he has not been in touch with Peevski for months. He said the government should deal…
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Peevski says Radev personally orders police raids
DPS leader Delyan Peevski called Rumen Radev and Nikolay Koprinkov "the top of the oligarchy" and linked Radev to the police operations in Belitsa…
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Foreign ministry chief says declarations at polling stations will slow voting abroad
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that the new requirement in the Electoral Code will make voting at polling stations…
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Radev: protest against government aims to bring back Borisov and Peevski
The prime minister tied the protest to the "sglobka" coalition and said Bulgaria cannot take part in the extra 70bn that Zelensky is asking for.
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Democratic Bulgaria asks Radev, Demerdzhiev and Tonchev to appear in parliament over Starlink arson near Plana
Democratic Bulgaria (DB) wants an extraordinary parliament session on 22 October. The party says it follows reports that the defendants in the arson…
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Police check over 1,360 people, detain 13 in Targovishte and Haskovo raids
Police checked more than 1,360 people and detained 13 in two regions ahead of the presidential election. In the Haskovo area, there are no reports of…
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Supreme court judges overturn ruling that kept Burgas judge out of Judicial Council election
Five Supreme Court judges have sent the case of Krasimira Doneva of Burgas District Court back to the Judges' College. The college had left her out…
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No voting in two Burgas hospitals in presidential election
The regional election commission has closed the polling stations in Burgas's Life Hospital and Dr Madzhurov hospital. The decision can be appealed to…
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Parliament to hold emergency session Wednesday on pardon of "Petrich Escobar"
MPs will hear from prison service chiefs, prison doctors, the State Agency for National Security, the Interior Ministry and the organised crime unit…
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Plovdiv gets 655,800 paper ballots for presidential election
Ballots for the 25 October vote reached Plovdiv by lorry from a printing house in Sofia, under police escort.
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Iotova and Valchev would beat Gyurov and Kandev in a runoff with 65.8%, Sova Harris poll says
Iotova and Valchev lead the first round with 49.2% of decided voters, according to a Sova Harris poll. A runoff will still be held, as the law…