Bulgaria’s centre-right parties head to early parliamentary elections deeply fractured
Bulgarian centre-right coalition the Reformist Bloc held its first congress on January 28 2017, with just less than two months
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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Final bell rings at closing time for Bulgaria’s 43rd National Assembly
A week after President Roumen Radev told Bulgaria’s MPs “you have one more week”, the 43rd National Assembly held its
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Bulgarian caretaker PM’s autobiography: ‘I was not a politician’
The title of the 456-page 2015 autobiography of Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who on January 27 2017 will take over as Bulgaria’s
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In its final week, Bulgaria’s Parliament calls a special sitting for January 24
Bulgaria’s current National Assembly, expected to be dissolved within days by President Roumen Radev, has called a special sitting for
Read moreBulgarian President Radev: I will uncompromisingly defend the rights, interests and dignity of the people
At his inauguration ceremony on January 22, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev pledged to work with Parliament, the government, institutions, civil
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Ahead of parliamentary election, Bulgarian socialist leader pledges to forge closer relations with Russia
With more than two months to go before Bulgaria holds early parliamentary elections, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party
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Conduct unbecoming? Bulgarian president-elect Radev takes flak in National Assembly
Roumen Radev has set something of a record for Bulgarian heads of state by being the subject of a call
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Partial walkout as Bulgaria’s president-elect tells MPs: ‘You have one more week’
In Bulgarian politics, the convention is that new office-bearers are accorded a 100-day honeymoon. President-elect Roumen Radev’s lasted 22 minutes
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Bulgaria’s president-elect Radev takes oath of office in National Assembly
Roumen Radev took the oath of office as Bulgaria’s president in the National Assembly in Sofia on January 19 2017, with
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