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Bulgaria’s Parliament to proceed with vote on cabinet scuppered by Trifonov

August 11, 2021August 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

The presiding officers of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, parliamentary group representatives and constitutional advisers met in urgent session on August 11

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Mainly partly cloudy skies over Bulgaria as 2021 Perseids meteor showers peak

August 11, 2021August 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

There will be mainly partly cloudy skies over most of Bulgaria as the 2021 Perseids meteor showers peak on the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 10 deaths, 805 new cases

August 11, 2021August 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ten people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Trifonov’s retreat from government formation sparks constitutional problem for Bulgaria (Updated)

August 10, 2021August 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

The August 10 announcement by ITN leader Slavi Trifonov that he was withdrawing the nomination of the government his party

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Trifonov says his party will not propose a government to Parliament

August 10, 2021August 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

ITN party leader Slavi Trifonov has said that his ITN party would not propose to the National Assembly, at its

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Bulgarian Socialist Party will not support ITN’s proposed cabinet unless Iliev is dropped

August 10, 2021August 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

The Bulgarian Socialist Party said on August 10 that its coalition’s political council had decided that unless Petar Iliev, the

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Bulgaria 

Democratic Bulgaria coalition will not vote in favour of ITN’s proposed government

August 10, 2021August 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

The Democratic Bulgaria coalition unanimously has decided that it cannot support the government proposed by Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party, coalition

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Bulgaria’s Bourgas district is Covid-19 orange zone – NCIPD

August 10, 2021August 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

After three consecutive weeks in which every district in Bulgaria was a green zone for Covid-19, Bourgas has crossed the

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Bulgaria registered 23 Covid-19 deaths, 774 new cases in past day

August 10, 2021August 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 23 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,

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