GERB-UDF candidate PM urges ‘all who want constitutional reform’ to back proposed government
GERB-UDF candidate Prime Minister Maria Gabriel has thanked the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) and ITN for their support
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Bulgaria: GERB-UDF says it is holding talks on proposed government
Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF, holder of the first mandate to seek to form a government, is holding talks on the portfolios
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Borissov: WCC-Democratic Bulgaria bid to get government elected will fail
GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov said on May 17 that if his coalition’s bid to get a government elected failed, so
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WCC-Democratic Bulgaria stands firm against government proposed by GERB-UDF
The We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition is holding to its stance that it will not vote in favour of
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Bulgarian President Radev hands mandate to Gabriel to try to form Cabinet
At a formal ceremony at the Presidency in Sofia on May 15, President Roumen Radev handed Maria Gabriel, the Prime
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Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General refuses to step down, claims political interference
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev said on May 15 that he would not give in to pressure and resign, accusing politicians
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 12 deaths, 697 new cases
The deaths of 12 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing
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Bulgaria: We Continue the Change in a huddle over possible GERB government
At the initiative of We Continue the Change (WCC) co-leader Kiril Petkov, the party was holding internal discussions on May
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Motion to dismiss Geshev as Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General tabled in Supreme Judicial Council
Members of the Prosecutors College of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) have submitted a proposal for Ivan Geshev to be
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