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| 1994, Oct. 17 |
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| Bulgarian president Zhelyu Zhelev dissolved the Parliament and appointed Reneta Indjova premier of an interim government until elections could be held. | 1 |
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| 1996, Nov. 3 |
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| Presidential runoffs were won by Petar Stoyanov of an opposition party called Union of Democratic Forces. | 2 |
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| 1998, Aug. 5 |
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| Bulgarian Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov, who ruled the country for 35 years, the longest of any Soviet-bloc head of state, died at age 86. | 3 |
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| 1999, Dec. 10 |
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| At the European Union's Helsinki Summit in Finland, Bulgaria was invited to apply for future membership, along with Lithuania, Romania, Malta, Latvia, Turkey, and Slovakia. | 4 |
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