SOFIA, Bulgaria – In the run-up to presidential elections in Bulgaria last year, the country’s opposition Socialist Party received a secret strategy document proposing a road map to victory at the ballot box, according to five current or former Bulgarian officials.
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Bulgaria's parliamentary elections on March 26 is expected to be a close race between the Socialists, seen as closer to Russia, and the centre-right. A new grouping of nationalist "patriots" is tipped to come third. Forming a government after the third election in four years in the European Union's poorest country will be tough. And the resulting coalition may be short-lived, experts say.
