Bulgarian left seeks election comeback
By AFP
27 March 2017 |
7:00 am
Bulgarian voters are going to the polls after a tight election race pitting Socialists seen as closer to Russia against two-time centre-right premier Boyko Borisov, seeking another comeback.
In this article
Related
27 Mar 2017
Bulgarian voters are going to the polls after a tight election race pitting Socialists seen as closer to Russia against two-time centre-right premier Boyko Borisov, seeking another comeback.
29 Dec 2018
The Bobov Dol mine is set to close by the end of the year. During its heyday, 1,500 people worked there but that number is now down to less than 400. They too are being made redundant. Jodi Hilton reports from Bobov Dol.
16 Oct 2019
The president of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) Borislav Mihaylov stepped down on Tuesday after the prime minister urged him to quit following racist abuse from Bulgarian fans towards black English players during their Euro 2020 qualifier.
23 Nov 2021
The US embassy said it was "deeply concerned" that Bulgaria's reelected president said Crimea was "currently Russian." In a statement, the embassy said the EU and NATO "have all been clear" that "Crimea is Ukraine."
Latest
1 day ago
Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Tuesday.
1 day ago
A small group of women rallied in the Afghan capital for the first time in months, demanding a return of their freedoms, after the Taliban reneged on promises to maintain the marginal gains women made in recent years.
1 day ago
Europe's second-largest river is continuing to dry up, affecting freight barges and even forcing one passenger ferry to halt its operations entirely. But rain is forecast this week.
1 day ago
Spaniard Rafa Nadal said Sunday that he hopes to return from an abdominal injury this week in the Cincinnati Open after not playing for more than a month.
1 day ago
While the fight for supremacy on the battlefield continues, it seems the fight for the hearts and minds of the Russian people may have already been won. Support for the war remains high; so too does indifference. Pollsters are trying to find out why.