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Tsvetan Tsvetanov, formerly deputy prime minister in the Boiko Borissov cabinet and the subject of allegations in connection with illegal eavesdropping, said after the first sitting of the new Parliament […]
Boiko Atanassov has been appointed by Bulgaria’s Cabinet as the new head of the National Revenue Agency, replacing Krassimir Stefanov who has been e ...
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on May 21 that it was preparing a new price calculation formula that would keep ...
Bulgarian MPs elected socialist nominee Mihail Mikov as Speaker of the 42nd National Assembly on May 21, while the party of former prime minister Boik ...
In a fiery and emotional speech at the first sitting of the 42nd National Assembly, ultra-nationalist Ataka leader Volen Siderov sought to portray his party’s role as the eyes and […]
Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, called on Boiko Borissov’s GERB not to delay the process of electing a new cabinet. Mestan was speaking on May […]
In his first speech to the new Parliament, Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev derided Boiko Borissov’s GERB party as the “mathematical winner” but not the real winner and said […]
GERB leader Boiko Borissov, addressing the first sitting of the 42nd National Assembly on May 21, confirmed his party’s intention to lodge an application in the Constitutional Court to overturn […]
Just months ago, on some days it was routine for Bulgaria’s Parliament to be surrounded by protesters – but on May 21, the day the newly-elected 42nd National Assembly started […]
The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a “climate of intolerance” leading to hatred and violence. In an annual […]
