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	FOCUS Information Agency
		Sofiyanski added that one of the reasons for leaving politics is the poor result of his party at the MEP elections.
		Sofiyanski added that one of his arguments for leaving politics is the poor result of his party at the MEP elections.
		Sofiyanski noted that in the last 16 years he has achieved a lot – he was an MP two successive times, Sofia mayor, PM, EU observer, and until recently an MEP.
	www.focus-fen.net /?id=h1444 (1004 words)

	OMDA\html\bulg\news\personal\stef_sof (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Stefan Sofiyanski was born on 7 November 1951 in Sofia.
		Sofiyanski held also positions at the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Institute of Economics, Information and Management, and the Democracy Agency.
		On 2 June 1998, by a resolution of the National Executive Council of the UDF, Sofiyanski was nominated representive the UDF in the Media Committee of the European Democratic Union.
	www.omda.bg /engl/personalia/stef_sof_engl.htm (264 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		Stefan Sofiyanski’s caretaker government was able to stem the downward slide of the economy and promote a measure of consensus among the major political parties.
		While the devastating impact of the policies of the former cabinet continues to be felt, general elections brought forward a new government that enjoys the support of all non-communist parliamentary factions and of the public at large.
		Immediately after the appointment of the caretaker government of Stefan Sofiyanski, a method of effective cooperation between the president, prime minister, and the leadership of the major opposition forces was established.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol6num2/constitutionwatch/bulgaria.html (1691 words)

	Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski to Establish a New Political Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski, one of the country's most popular politicians, said Wednesday he will quit the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) to establish a new political party.
		Sofiyanski also said that in Sunday's presidential elections he will vote the incumbent President, who is seeking a second term as an independent candidate backed by the opposition UDF and the ruling Simeon II National Movement (SNM).
		Sofiyanski's "unorthodox" views on the UDF's future were made manifest at a party seminar held in Italy several days ago.
	www.bulgaria2net.com /about/news/07112001.html (392 words)

	Many Minds. Singular Results.
		Stefan Sofiyanski was reelected for a third mandate as a mayor of Sofia after a ballot vote on November 2nd, 2003.
		Sofiyanski was supported by the UDF, the Gergiovden coalition, and NMSII, who invoked their supporters to vote for Sofiyanski at the second stage of the elections.
		BSP and coalition leads in the municipal councilors’ list with 26.62%, followed by UDF with 23.30% and the party of the mayor Sofiyanski Union Free Democrats, which got 21.02%.
	www.apraagency.com /news/local_REelct_Stefan.htm (138 words)

	Dnevnik a.m. - The news@8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The prosecuting authorities reported Tuesday that they are preparing an indictment against Sofia mayor Stefan Sofiyanski in connection with a deal for the construction of an office building opposite the National Palace of Culture (NDK).
		Sofiyanski is already being investigated for the sale of a downtown mall to Israel's Ahstrom, and has been temporarily suspended from office.
		Approached for comment, Sofiyanski said he knew about the new investigation, adding that so far no charges had been pressed against him, neither had he been summoned for questioning.
	news.dnevnik.bg /print.php?id=1750 (417 words)

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		Russia is ready to actively cooperate with the cabinet of Stefan Sofiyanski in promoting bilateral relations, the spokesman said.
		Stefan Gaitandjiev of the Left parliamentary group argued that larger representation in Parliament that will bring its composition closer to the popular will.
		UDF leader Ivan Kostov said that the national consensus among the political forces, which was reached with the appointment of the caretaker government, has been put at stake.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/97-02/feb14.bta (3152 words)

	Blow to Sofiyanski - Standart / Стандaрт
		Kostov: 'Stefan, our American partners insist that you should come out with a stand against the king' The others in chorus:'Yes, yes, Stefan, it's high time to give us support.' Sofiyanski can't manage to take the floor.
		Sofiyanski was called to 'Razvigor' Str., (Central Investigation Office) as a witness.
		So that the blow against Sofiyanski is also a slap in the face of the cabinet and may rush out foreign investors which Bulgaria needs so badly.
	www.standartnews.com /archive/2002/01/14/english/features/s3245_2.htm (436 words)

	European Capitals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Incumbent Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski was re-elected for a third term of office in municipal elections held on 26 October and 02 November 2003.
		Sofiyanski won the city's second-round mayoral elections, receiving about 54% of the votes, while his opponent, opposition Socialist Party candidate Stoyan Alexandrov, who fared surprisingly well, garnered about 46% of the votes.
		Nevertheless, Sofia is ruled by a coalition of conservative parties, including Sofiyanski´s Union of Free Democrats (SSD), the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), and an alliance of smaller parties, called the ”Popular Union”.
	www.european-capitals.org /cme/news_printview.php?report=128 (180 words)

	Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), 97-02-14
		Sofia, February 13 (BTA) - ëWe are living in hard times and are facing serious difficulties, but we hope a time will come when the country will be calmer,í caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Sofiyanski said Thursday, before the first meeting of his cabinet appointed Wednesday.
		Sofia, February 13 (BTA) - At its first sitting Thursday the caretaker cabinet, headed by Stefan Sofiyanski, decided on the establishment of a Financial Stabilization Council, the Government's press office said.
		Sofia, February 13 (BTA) - The cabinet will make public the information on the situation of ministries and departments, Prime Minister Stefan Sofiyanski said at a news conference after the cabinet's first session on Thursday.
	www.hri.org /news/balkans/bta/last/97-02-14.bta.html (3303 words)

	Dnevnik a.m. - The news@8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Sofiyanski announced on Thursday that the mall is still 100% owned by the Sofia municipality as the deal was never finalised.
		This gives Sofiyanski grounds to claim that the contribution was never actually made, and hence, that the building and the plot remain 100% municipal property.
		His lawyers argue that no decision has been taken by a general meeting of the company's shareholders to increase its capital, and that the company's registration is incomplete as it is not reflected in its articles of association.
	news.dnevnik.bg /print.php?id=1422 (322 words)

	Turks.US Daily News: 5,000 voters to participate in Bulgaria elections
		Pollsters saw Sofia’s current Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski as the front-runner in the 1.5-million capital, which has so far been UDF’s main electoral stronghold.
		Sofiyanski, who left the UDF for disagreements with its leaders in 2001, was expected to collect some 22% of the vote.
		Socialist candidate Stoyan Alexandrov, a banker and former minister of finance, is trailing Sofiyanski with some 14% in the forecasts.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20031026230701596&mode=print (401 words)

	Stefan Sofiyanski - Kostov's nightmare - Standart / Стандaрт
		And Sofiyanski's smile, already the symbol of a whole city turned into the Commander's horror.
		A politician was born out of the best mayor in the state, the man with the highest rating.
		Regardless of whether the politician Sofiyanski will be as successful as the mayor Sofiyanski, the man Sofiyanski has set the pattern.
	www.standartnews.com /archive/2001/11/09/english/features (425 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Bulgarian rightist parties win major cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski, who was backed by the opposition Union for Democratic Force (UDF) party and Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg's centre-right National Simeon II movement party, secured re-election in the capital.
		Sofiyanski took 53.6% of the vote in winning a third term, against 46.7% for the former communists' candidate Stoyan Alexandrov, according to official results with 76% of ballots counted.
		The former communists in the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) were less overwhelming in the second round than they were in the first on 26 October, when they won four of the six major cities.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/24BB4FD6-CDBB-4AD9-AE56-046FE6E79580.htm (460 words)

	29, June-2001.
		The new government must preserve all quality cadres of the second ruling level - deputy ministers, department chief, experts, said Stefan Sofiyanski at the dinner party on Tuesday night with Simeon II in Vrana residence.
		It is necessary to preserve all proved specialists which are not politically abused, added the mayor.
		Without these people the continuity in the politics is not possible, said Sofiyanski.
	tanusevci.tripod.com /june/id32.html (433 words)

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		Prime Minister Sofiyanski, Finance Minister Gavriiski and Social Affairs Minister Ivan Neikov are planning to meet with army and police officers demanding pay rises.
		Russia is ready to actively cooperate with the cabinet of Stefan Sofiyanski in promoting bilateral relations, the spokesman said.
		Stefan Gaitandjiev of the Left parliamentary group argued that larger representation in Parliament that will bring its composition closer to the popular will.
	b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/97-02/feb14.bta (3152 words)

	Bulgaria's ex-communists sweep municipal poll, aim for national comeback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The electoral commission Monday said Socialist candidates had won the mayor's office in four of Bulgaria's 27 metropolitan councils and were leading in 12 others.
		In Sofia the current mayor Stefan Sofiyanski, who has started his own centre-right party, had a slim lead over Socialist candidate Stoyan Alexandrov after 84 percent of votes in the capital had been counted, it said.
		Mayors are elected on a majority vote and since neither has obtained 50 percent, a second round was likely on November 2.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/aj/Qbulgaria-vote.R4g2_DOP.html (661 words)

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		Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski, who was backed by both the opposition UDF and Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg's centre-right National Simeon II Movement party, won re-election in the capital.
		Mayoral posts were being decided Sunday in 1,532 cities and villages in a crucial mid-term vote for the government ahead of legislative elections in 2005.
		Sofiyanski took 53.6 percent of the vote in winning a third term, against 46.7 percent for the former communists' candidate Stoyan Alexandrov, according to official results with 76 percent of ballots counted.
	www.powmadeak47.com /new4/new4bulg031102vote.html (573 words)

	FOCUS Information Agency
		He pointed out this is not a resignation, but a withdrawal, so that there is no need for the party to support or not his resignation.
		I leave politics with my head up, Sofiyanski stressed.
		CEDB is currently the only real opponent to socialists: rightist Stefan Sofiyanski
	www.focus-fen.net /index.php?id=n113478&chain=1 (895 words)

	Î.Î. ÏÎ¿Ï Î•ÎÎ-Î•Î”: Newsroom
		She declined to say which candidate the UDF would back in the second round.
		Asked if it was a mistake to split the right-wing supporters' votes between Mihailova and Sofiyanski, she said there were many differences in their views.
		It had been forecast that Mihailova and the incumbent Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski would run in the second round, but a scandal over the financing of the Democracy Foundation, which is close to the UDF, led to a certain drop in the number of votes.
	www.epp-ed.org /Enlargement/newsroom/docs/bta-bulgaria.asp (394 words)

	Historical Events
		Mass street protects against the government, parliament is attacked and unrest and strikes continues until February 4
		Stefan Sofiyanski (now mayor of Sofia) manages a caretaker government.
		UDF government, led by Ivan Kostov wins parliamentary elections.
	www.mimipet.com /bulgaria2.asp (825 words)

	Bulgaria
		Inflation spiralled and the lev, which had stood at 70 to the US dollar in early 1996, plummeted to around 1,900 in early 1997.
		This persuaded Dobrev to agree to the holding of a general election in April 1997 and the formation of an interim government headed by the popular UDF mayor of Sofia, Stefan Sofiyanski.
		The new government brought the monthly inflation rate down from 243% in February 1997 to 5% in April 1997, and announced that Bulgaria would seek full NATO membership.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020325.html (1476 words)

	A Second Chance for Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		It was brought to us by Stefan Sofiyanski, the interim Prime Minister of Bulgaria, who was in Washington last week.
		Sofiyanski, the reformist mayor of Sofia, heads a caretaker government of experts charged with jump starting the reform process.
		Tentative agreement has already been reached with the International Monetary Fund on an economic stabilization package, the centerpiece of which will be an internationally supervised currency board which will link the money supply to the country's financial reserves.
	www.cs.columbia.edu /~radev/service/bas/CHANCE2.html (782 words)

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		Simeon II on 25 May arrived in Sofia on his first visit to Bulgaria since he was forced into exile in 1946, Bulgarian and international media reported.
		Reuters reported as many as 500,000 people turned out to welcome Simeon when he toured Sofia's Orthodox churches on 26 May. Simeon is expected to stay in Bulgaria for three weeks or so.
		One day before Albanians went to the polls to elect a new government, a "large number of Socialists," including former Prime Minister Ylli Bufi, were arrested, Albanian media reported on 25 May. The secret police (SHIK) reportedly beat up members of the Socialist Party.
	b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/96-05/may27.omri (1728 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Ex-communists win Bulgaria poll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Correspondents say Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg - the former child king of Bulgaria - hoped to repeat his success at a local level what he achieved nationally - breaking the mould of two party politics.
		In the capital Sofia, current mayor Stefan Sofiyanski, a former conservative who has formed his own centre-right party, and a socialist candidate, ended neck and neck and will take part in a run-off next Sunday.
		The poll was marked by a low turnout of under 40%.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/3215079.stm (293 words)

	seeurope.net :: View Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski on Wednesday urged the Stability Pact for
		Sofiyanski told also a meeting of colleagues from
		"Corridor Eight financing must become a priority for the Stability Pact," Sofiyanski said, quoted by the BNN.
	www.seeurope.net /en/Story.php?StoryID=40715&LangID=1 (230 words)

	COUNTRY ANALYSES
		After 30 days of mass protests fueled by economic hardship due to Socialist mismanagement of the economy, Stoyanov brokered an agreement among the political parties on February 4, 1997, for early general elections on April 19.
		An interim government led by Sofia mayor Stefan Sofiyanski took important steps to reform the economy.
		The UDF won the pre-term April elections with a 52% majority (BSP received 22% and three smaller parties surpassed the 4% threshold).
	www.fas.org /man/nato/congress/1997/csce_nato/part03.htm (8208 words)

	IDAACS'2005 - Tourist Information
		Municipal elections in October last year saw the incumbent mayor, Stefan Sofiyanski, elected for a third term with a narrow lead ahead of the Bulgarian Socialist Party candidate.
		Soon after his re-election the tabloid press blew the cover on shocking deals with municipal property over the past 6 years and in particular the amount of land that had been sold off for less than the market price to shady groups implicated in organised crime.
		A smiling Sofiyanski pointed the finger at the previous municipal councils.
	www.umcs.maine.edu /~markov/idaacs2005/tourinfo.htm (1628 words)

	seeurope.net :: View Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Parliament has amended a law about the education status of ministers last year to make his appointment to the government possible.
		Ivanov's main contenders in the Oct. 26 ballot will be current Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski, the leader of the opposition center-right Union of Democratic Forces Nadezhda Mihailova, former banker Stoyan Alexandrov, who runs on the ticket of the other opposition party, the Socialist and Lyuben Dilov, and independent intellectual.
		A poll by the MBMD polling agency said Monday Sofiyanski was currently standing the best chances to win with 39% support, while Ivanov was collecting just 2%.
	www.seeurope.net /en/Story.php?StoryID=43293&LangID=1 (367 words)

	Bnn, Bulgarian news network - online news agency \ Бнм, Българска новинарска мрежа
		SOFIA, May 12 (bnn)--Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski (right) speaks to reporters Wednesday after a court confirmed his suspension from office for an abuse of powers probe.
		The suspension may force early mayoral elections in the capital if it lasts for more than three months.
		SOFIA (bnn)- The Sofia Court of Appellations on Wednesday confirmed a lower court ruling to suspend Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski so that he stands a probe of abuse of office in a deal with municipal property, state radio said.
	www.bgnewsnet.com /story.php?sid=4989 (229 words)

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