Recriminations among politicians in Bulgaria over expulsion of Russian diplomats continue
Domestic political disputes between rival camps in Bulgaria continued on June 30 over outgoing Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s announcement that
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Bulgarian President to present WCC mandate to form government on July 1
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev’s office said that on July 1 at 5pm, he would present a mandate to seek to
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Poll: Twice as many Bulgarians prefer alliance with Nato and EU to one with Russia
Against the background of the emerging new division in Europe after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, almost
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Chances of early elections in Bulgaria steepen further
Bulgaria’s Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We Continue the Change (WCC) was regrouping on June 29 to consider what to do after
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: First cases of BA.5 lineage of Omicron variant detected – NCIPD
Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on June 29 that it has completed the sequencing of
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Bulgarian Socialist Party breaks off talks with WCC on government formation
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) executive bureau decided on June 29 to suspend talks with the Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We
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Broadcast regulator fails to elect new head of Bulgarian National Television
Three rounds of voting by statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media on June 29 failed to elect a
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Bulgarian President reserved in comments on expulsion of Russian diplomats
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev told reporters in Madrid that he hoped that Prime Minister Kiril Petkov would have carefully considered
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Sharp exchanges over Bulgaria’s expulsion of Russian diplomats
There were sharp exchanges in Bulgaria’s National Assembly on June 29 as parliamentary groups reacted to the announcement on Tuesday
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