Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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  Socialists try to form new govt in Bulgaria

  The Socialists, who finished second in Bulgaria's election this month, were asked to form a new government Thursday, after the front-running party was ... 

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  EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group

  The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied ... 

• Bulgaria: Socialist elected as parliament speaker

  Bulgaria's newly seated parliament has elected Socialist Mihail Mikov as its speaker during what is proving to be a turbulent stretch in the ... 

• McDowell beats Thongchai to win World Match Play

  Graeme McDowell made amends for last year's loss in the final to capture the World Match Play Championship title in Bulgaria on Sunday, defeating ... 

• McDowell reaches semis at World Match Play

  Graeme McDowell reached the semifinals of the World Match-Play Championship after knocking out defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts on Saturday in a ... 

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  Bulgarian parliament convenes Tuesday

  Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said Friday that he will convene the nation's newly elected Parliament next week to begin trying to form a ... 

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  Bulgaria's center-right party wants vote canceled

  Bulgaria's ex-prime minister says the results of last weekend's parliamentary election should be canceled due to "gross violations" of voting law. 

• European Tour in Bulgaria for World Match Play

  In all his years on the European Tour, Ian Poulter has never seen surroundings like this — and not just because he's in a new country. With Bulgaria ... 

• Bulgarian president to start talks on new Cabinet

  Bulgaria's president says he will start talks with the four parties represented in the new legislature following last weekend's election. 

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  Bulgarian center-right wins most of the votes

  The center-right party of former Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has fallen far short of winning a majority needed to form a government, according to ... 

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  Exit polls: No clear winner in Bulgarian vote

  Bulgaria's center-right party and its main challenger, the Socialists, finished first and second in Sunday's parliamentary election, with neither one ... 

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  Bulgarians to elect new parliament amid scandals

  Bulgarians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections with no party expected to win a majority to form a government, fueling fears of more political and ... 

• Illegal ballots seized ahead of Bulgarian election

  Bulgarian prosecutors have stormed a printing house and seized 350,000 illegally printed ballots just hours before the start of parliamentary ... 

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  Shattered EU dreams at heart of Bulgarian election

  The big theme of Bulgaria's parliamentary elections this weekend: mounting frustration over the widening gap between the giddy hopes linked to EU ... 

• Kostadinova re-elected as Bulgarian Olympic chief

  Former Olympic high jump champion Stefka Kostadinova has been re-elected as president of Bulgaria's national Olympic committee. Committee members ... 

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  Bulgarian honor bid in Washington stirs debate

  A request by the Bulgarian Embassy to name a Washington intersection after a favorite native son — a man credited with helping save the country's ... 

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  Bulgaria re-enacts bus bombing

  Bulgarian investigators on Friday staged a re-enactment of the bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists, the bus driver and the alleged ... 

• Levski Sofia fined for display of Nazi symbols

  The Bulgarian Football Union has fined Levski Sofia for club fans displaying Nazi symbols during a domestic league match last weekend. The union said ... 

• Charges filed in Bulgarian wiretap scandal

  Bulgarian prosecutors on Tuesday pressed charges against four former police officials accused of involvement in wiretapping political opponents of the ...