Reload Bulgaria ( bg, Презареди България, Prezaredi Balgariya; formerly Bulgaria Uncensored, bg, България без цензура) is a

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political party in

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History

The party was created by former TV host Nikolay Barekov in January 2014. It ran for the first time in the May

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, taking one seat in the

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as part of a coalition with

IMRO The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр� ...

and joined the soft

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group of

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. This BBT-IMRO coalition did not last, however, and IMRO left to team up with other nationalist parties for the parliamentary elections of October 2014. On 18 August 2014 BBT sealed a coalition agreement with LIDER to run in the upcoming elections. In June 2014, Barekov declared his support for the restoration of the Bulgarian Monarchy and Simeon II as

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. He vowed that should his party win a general election, he would introduce referendums on a number of issues, including the restoration of the monarchy. Despite holding 15 seats in the Assembly, Reload Bulgaria chose not to compete in the 2017 parliamentary elections after being initially refused a name change, among other reasons.

Election results

National Assembly

European Parliament

References

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