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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new National Assembly: A handful of generals, a model, a football referee and a gaggle of lawyers

April 18, 2017April 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s 44th National Assembly will hold its first sitting on April 19 2017, and the general election that produced it

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coming coalition government spells out policies – all the details

April 13, 2017April 18, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

A migration policy that prevents foreigners from being in the country illegally and expels illegal migrants, increased border security, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB, United Patriots announce agreement on governance programme for coalition government

April 13, 2017April 16, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, United Patriots, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov and nationalist United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov announced on April 13 that the

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Borissov meets MRF in bid for ‘maximum support’ during Bulgaria’s EU presidency

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov, expected within weeks to again become prime minister, held talks with the Movement

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GERB negotiator: New Bulgarian government will be formed after Easter

April 12, 2017April 13, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Delyan Dobrev, a negotiator for Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, said on April 12 that Bulgaria would have a new

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Ninova refuses Borissov’s offer of Parliament Speaker’s chair

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov, winner of the March 27 parliamentary elections, has offered Bulgarian Socialist Party leader

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian coalition government talks: GERB, United Patriots reach agreement on pensions

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party and the nationalist United Patriots have reached agreement on policy on pensions, in the course

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Bulgarian nationalist leader Simeonov: ‘News on government by the end of the week’

April 9, 2017April 11, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian nationalist United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov said on April 9 that he expects that there would be news about

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