Sofia

Sofia

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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. 

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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 ... 

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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 ... 

• Bulgarian referee banned for poor performance

  The Bulgarian football union has banned a referee for an unspecified period of time following his poor performance in a topflight match. The union ... 

• Kidnappers release Bulgarian mobster's daughter

  Police say that the daughter of a Bulgarian mobster has been released after being abducted by unknown kidnappers for 47 days. Evelin Banev's daughter ... 

• Bulgarian top cop investigated for bribery

  Bulgarian prosecutors have begun pretrial proceedings against a senior police official suspected of bribery. Sofia City Prosecutor Nikolai Kokinov ... 

• Emergency shutdown at Bulgarian nuclear plant

  Officials say a turbo generator at Bulgaria's only nuclear power station has been shut down due to a hydrogen leak in its cooling system but insist ... 

• Coach Ilian Iliev quits 2nd-placed Levski Sofia

  Ilian Iliev has quit as coach of second-placed Levski Sofia following an outburst of discontent among fans over the team's string of poor performances 

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  UEFA urges players to speak out on racism

  UEFA wants players to speak out against their own teammates and fans following a series of racist incidents at football matches. The executive ... 

• 4 dead, 1 wounded in Bulgaria shooting

  Police say a Bulgarian retired army officer opened fire on a Roma family who lived next door to him, killing three people and seriously wounding a ... 

• Coach Penev calls up 3 newcomers to Bulgaria squad

  Bulgaria coach Lyuboslav Penev has called up teenage Litex Lovech midfielder Simeon Slavchev and two other uncapped players to his 25-man squad for ... 

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  Bulgaria experiencing spate of self-immolations

  Security cameras captured the moment when a Bulgarian man disgusted by corruption in his provincial hometown quietly doused himself in gasoline and ... 

• Bulgarian referee banned until end of season

  The Bulgarian football union has banned a referee until the end of the season for erroneously disallowing a goal in the Bulgarian Cup quarterfinals. 

• Gunmen abduct Bulgarian mobster's daughter, age 12

  Three masked gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped the 12-year-old daughter of a Bulgarian mobster, an abduction that could be linked to drug trafficking ... 

• Bulgarians protest against poverty, corruption

  Tens of thousands of people are protesting across Bulgaria against poverty and corruption, and are demanding legislative amendments that will allow ... 

• Bulgarian leader offers meeting with protesters

  Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said Tuesday he is inviting representatives of widespread protests to meet with officials to seek solutions to ...