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No clear winner has emerged in Bulgaria's parliamentary election, the third held this year, exit polls showed on November 14, with the center-right GERB party of former premier Boyko Borisov in a neck-to-neck race with the anti-graft, We Continue the Change.
A right-wing nationalist candidate in this month's presidential election has been detained and indicted over a weekend attack on an LGBT community center in the capital.
Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev has demanded the immunity from prosecution of a right-wing nationalist candidate in this month's presidential election who is accused of leading a weekend attack on an LGBT community center in the capital be lifted.
Bulgarian health authorities have reported 4,979 new coronavirus cases over the previous day, the highest daily total since late March, as the poorest European Union member state battles the more contagious Delta variant of the virus.
Bulgaria's soccer union president, Borislav Mihaylov, has been reelected for a fifth four-year term in office despite a controversial record at the helm of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU).
Three foreign employees of Bulgaria's biggest weapons maker, Arsenal, have been detained on suspicion of exporting "sensitive information" about the company's manufacturing plant.
Leaders from North Macedonia and EU member Bulgaria appear to have mapped out a possible exit from a yearlong dispute over shared culture that has stalled Macedonian hopes for progress toward accession talks with the bloc.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has announced that he is scheduling the country's third parliamentary election of 2021 to coincide with the next presidential election on November 14.
A Bulgarian fugitive wanted in several European countries on money-laundering and drug-trafficking charges has been arrested in Kyiv after years on the run.
Bulgaria's parliament has set November 14 as the date for a presidential election as the country also gears up for its third parliamentary vote this year, after political parties gave up efforts to form a governing coalition following inconclusive polls.
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev has given a third and final mandate to form a government to the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) after two other political parties gave up efforts to set up a coalition following last month's inconclusive vote.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev says he will give a third and last mandate to form a government to the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) after two other political parties gave up efforts to set up a coalition following last month's inconclusive vote.
Bulgaria's political crisis has deepened, moving the country closer to its third parliamentary elections this year, after GERB became the second political party to give up efforts to form a new government since last month's inconclusive vote.
An 18-minute video showing Bulgarian police brutally beating participants in anti-government protests last summer has set off a firestorm of controversy and questions of whether government institutions may have tried to cover up police crimes.
Bulgaria is heading to new parliamentary elections after the antiestablishment party that narrowly won last month’s vote gave up efforts to form a government.
President Rumen Radev has asked a newly elected lawmaker from Bulgaria's antiestablishment party, There Is Such a People (ITN), to form the country's next government after the party narrowly won parliamentary elections on July 11.
Bulgaria's parliament has met for the first time since an election earlier this month, with President Rumen Radev expected to formally hand the party There Is Such a People (ITN), led by popular television entertainer Slavi Trifonov, a mandate to form a government.
Bulgaria's interim government has accused Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev, who was the target of mass protests last year, of wrongdoing as it seeks to oust the controversial official.
The final results from Bulgaria’s snap parliamentary elections released on July 13 confirm earlier preliminary results showing the anti-elite party called There Is Such a People (ITN) edging out former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's GERB-led coalition.
Bulgarian showman Slavi Trifonov dealt former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov a blow in the July 11 elections, besting his GERB party for the first time ever. But Trifonov’s plan to ram through a government without coalition partners is risky and could trigger a third election this year, analysts said.
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