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Stefanova appointed as Bulgaria’s acting Prosecutor-General after Sarafov steps down

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The Supreme Judicial Council’s Prosecutorial College appointed Deputy Prosecutor-General Vanya Stefanova as acting Prosecutor-General on April 22 after Borislav Stefanov

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Bulgaria 

Caretaker PM: Finance Ministry proposing to take 1.4B euro away from ‘Borissov-Peevski piggy bank’

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

The Minister of Finance is proposing, as an anti-corruption solution, to withdraw 1.4 billion euro from the piggy bank of

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Bulgaria 

Sarafov steps down from acting Prosecutor-General’s post

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Borislav Sarafov said on April 22 that he was stepping down from the post of acting Prosecutor-General with immediate effect.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Italian military to travel on national roads for planned exercise

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Military personnel and equipment from the 61st Stryama Mechanised Brigade and Italian military personnel from the Multinational Battle Group will

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Borissov on Bulgarian election result: GERB-UDF will be ‘constructive opposition’

April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Speaking on April 21 in his first formal statement since Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections two days earlier, Boiko Borissov said that

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Bulgarian elections: Radev’s party set for majority in five-party Parliament – preliminary results

April 20, 2026April 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Former president Roumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria electoral coalition won Bulgaria’s April 19 early parliamentary elections and was set to have

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Bulgaria’s ex-president Radev claims victory, bullish on election outcome

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Bulgaria’s former president Roumen Radev, whose Progressive Bulgaria electoral coalition was set to win the largest number of seats in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections: Interior Ministry says Peevski’s party leads in allegations of vote-buying

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

A total of 631 reports of vote-buying in favour of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April 2026 elections: Ex-president Radev’s party wins most votes – exit polls

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Progressive Bulgaria, the electoral coalition around former president Roumen Radev, won by far the largest share of votes in the

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