Borissov: If GERB comes second in elections, party will not attempt to form a government
GERB leader Boiko Borissov said on March 2 that if his party comes second in the early parliamentary elections, it
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Month: March 2017
Macedonian president Ivanov does not mandate Zaev to form a government
The president of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov held a news conference on March 1 to announce his decision on the mandate regarding
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Bulgaria caretaker PM raises prospect of ERM2 application
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said on March 1 that his government had the “ambition” to submit a formal
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Political row erupts over proposed change of Bulgarian Defence Chief
Bulgaria’s former governing party and former defence minister have expressed outrage at the caretaker Cabinet nomination of a new Defence
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Bulgarian President Radev names former State Security staffer as security and defence adviser
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has appointed Ilian Alipiev, formerly a member of the country’s communist-era secret service State Security’s counterintelligence
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Poptodorova’s airport incident: ‘honest mistake’ and ‘hybrid warfare’
Bulgaria’s former ambassador to the United States, Elena Poptodorova, has described an incident at Warsaw Airport in which she was
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More than 44 400 Bulgarians have applied to vote abroad, most in Turkey
More than 44 400 Bulgarians have submitted requests online to vote abroad in the March 26 early parliamentary elections, the
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Bulgaria’s ex-president Plevneliev not optimistic about formation of government after elections
Bulgaria’s former president, Rossen Plevneliev, has become the latest to express pessimism about the prospects of the swift formation of
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Bulgaria’s caretaker government nominates new Defence Chief
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet said on March 1 2017 that it was nominating land forces commander Andrei Botsev to be the
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