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Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) refused to comment on the overnight raid at a Kostinbroad-based printing house which resulted in the seizure of 350 000 ballots.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has opened pre-trial proceedings after an operation at a printing house based in Kostinbrod resulted in the seizure of 350 000 ballots.
According to unconfirmed reports of private TV station TV7, Bulgaria's prosecuting authority has opened pre-trial proceedings into an election fraud case.
Officers of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) seized 35 000 fake ballots from a printing house in the western town of Kostinbrod one day ahead of the May 12 parliamentary elections.
A large number of employees of the Interior Ministry – close to fifteen thousand are assigned to secure Sunday, May 12, a normal election process, the Ministry's press center informs.
A day of reflection is held in Bulgaria Saturday in the eve of the May 12 early general elections when campaigning under any form is banned.
What have the ten top parties promised disgruntled Bulgarian voters before the crucial general elections on May12? We analyzed their platforms to find out what they said about major issues.
President Rosen Plevneliev has addressed the nation, urging Bulgarians to vote at the parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Lyutvi Mestan, Chair of the Bulgarian ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), has vowed to appeal the fine he was imposed by the local election administration in Sliven for addressing his constituents in Turkish.
Local election authorities have slapped a fine on Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the Bulgarian ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, for addressing his constituents in Turkish.
In an apparent attempt to play down the significance of a scandalous secretly taped recording that recently leaked in Bulgarian media, Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has made a peculiar parallel between himself and tennis star Novak Djokov
In the May 12 snap general elections, 34% of voters will cast a ballot for the formerly-ruling centrist Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, according to the latest poll.
Bulgaria’s elections set for Sunday could lead to more political turmoil, turning into just the prelude to another early vote, a pollster has predicted.
Bulgaria would either return to democracy or continue sliding into authoritarianism at the general elections on Sunday, according to Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms party.
Bulgaria's former Prime Minister and leader of the formerly-ruling center-right GERB party, Boyko Borisov, declared just two days ahead of the key general elections in the country that he was ready to be in opposition.
The 'watergate' scandal has dealt a deadly blow to former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, spelling the end of his political career, argues rightist party chair Ivan Kostov.
Bulgaria’s Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev announced he is ready to sign a declaration saying he would give up voluntarily his immunity as candidate for member of parliament.
Bulgaria's Socialists have closed the gap with the center-right GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, according to an opinion poll, released just two days before the crucial general elections on Sunday.
Campaigning in Bulgaria ahead of Sunday’s early general election has ended, with candidates holding final rallies.
A voter turnout of about 55% is to be expected in the upcoming general elections in Bulgaria on Sunday, according to the National Center for Study of Public Opinion (NCIOM).
At least four political parties will surely have lawmakers in Bulgaria’s next Parliament, according to a poll conducted by Alpha Research.