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Bulgaria’s GERB begins formal negotiations on coalition government

October 13, 2014October 14, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014

A week and a day after Bulgaria’s October 5 early parliamentary elections, and after days of foot-stamping and posturing, formal

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Coalition partners will get ministries but GERB will not govern with BSP, MRF

October 10, 2014October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014

Boiko Borissov says his GERB party will make the compromise in negotiations on a future government of other parties sharing

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Bulgaria 

Borissov ‘ready to offer cabinet posts to parties in return for responsibility for policies’

October 7, 2014October 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, winner of the most votes in the October 5 elections, intends beginning talks with all

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Bulgaria 

GERB to seek to form minority government with Borissov as PM

October 6, 2014October 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian elections 2014

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB, winner of the largest share of votes in the October 5 parliamentary elections, will seek to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s rocky road to a new governing coalition

October 6, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian elections 2014

After Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary elections, the country faces a rocky road to achieving a new governing coalition,

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Bulgaria 

Borissov cagey on coalition question as exit polls show 8-party parliament

October 5, 2014October 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014

Boiko Borissov’s GERB party emerged as expected with the largest share of votes in Bulgaria’s October 5 parliamentary elections, but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections 2014: Borissov speaks on coalition government prospects

September 28, 2014September 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014

Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party widely expected to win by far the largest share of votes in

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Bulgarian elections 2014: Politicians bank on Corpbank controversy

September 21, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, CCB affair, Peevski protests

The question of the future of troubled Corporate Commercial Bank is defining debate ahead of Bulgaria’s October 5 early parliamentary

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Bulgaria 

Campaign trail: Rubber boots on the ground as Bulgarian politicians help flood victims

September 10, 2014September 14, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, floods

The start of the campaign in Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections coincided with the latest floods to hit part of the

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