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Bulgaria’s Borissov announces names of GERB-United Patriots coalition cabinet

May 3, 2017May 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov announced on May 3 2017 the portfolios and names in the GERB-United Patriots

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker PM ‘feels very festive’ as life of interim government nears its end

May 3, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said at the beginning of what is expected to be the last formal scheduled

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Bulgaria 

Landmark week in Bulgarian politics follows May Day long weekend

May 1, 2017May 3, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The short four-day week in Bulgaria following the country’s May 1 Labour Day long weekend will be a landmark one

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Bulgaria 

GERB and United Patriots sign coalition agreement, Borissov gets mandate to form government

April 27, 2017April 28, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

At a ceremony on April 27, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev handed GERB party leader Boiko Borissov – whose party won

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist leader calls for expulsion of Turkish ambassador, recall of Bulgaria’s ambassador in Ankara

April 26, 2017April 27, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey, Valeri Simeonov

Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of the nationalist United Patriots that is poised to become a partner in GERB party leader Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

Turkish ambassador: Ankara does not interfere in the internal affairs of Bulgaria

April 25, 2017April 26, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Turkey

Turkey does not interfere in and influence the internal affairs of any country, including Bulgaria, Ankara’s ambassador in Sofia Süleyman

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Bulgaria 

Draft agreement on new Bulgarian government between GERB and United Patriots to be ready on April 21

April 20, 2017April 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The draft coalition government agreement between Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and the nationalist United Patriots will be ready on April

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev hopes new government will be in office in early May

April 19, 2017April 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Attending the April 19 first sitting of Bulgaria’s new National Assembly, President Roumen Radev said that he intended next week

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 44th National Assembly holds first sitting

April 19, 2017April 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s 44th National Assembly, elected on March 26, held its first sitting on April 19, electing a Speaker and with

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