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Bulgaria’s GERB returns mandate to form government

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

GERB leader Boiko Borissov has returned the mandate to form Bulgaria’s next government on May 23, once again slamming his

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Siderov: Borissov is a liar, terrified that he could find himself in jail

May 17, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Volen Siderov

Ataka leader Volen Siderov says that his party’s judgment on Plamen Oresharski, the socialist nominee to be prime minister in

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Borissov’s GERB to ask Constitutional Court to overturn May parliamentary elections

May 16, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

GERB, Boiko Borissov’s party that got the largest share of votes in Bulgaria’s May 12 parliamentary elections but will be

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Borissov’s GERB postpones traditional news conference ‘pending official results’

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2013

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, said by exit polls to have gained by a slight margin the largest share of

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Volen Siderov and the case of the missing leaders

May 13, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2013, Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist Ataka party, was pressed repeatedly on election night about his stance on future coalition

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Bulgaria’s former PM Borissov questioned in eavesdropping investigation

May 7, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The beginning of the final week of the parliamentary election campaign in Bulgaria brought no new revelations in the ongoing

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Eavesdropping controversy: Kokinov to face disciplinary hearing, Borissov and Naidenov to be questioned

April 29, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

In another day of drama in Bulgaria’s eavesdropping controversy, the Supreme Judicial Council voted unanimously to accept the resignation of

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Volleys in political trench warfare after Naidenov says Tsvetanov bugged everyone

April 25, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Within a few hours of former cabinet minister Miroslav Naidenov alleging that Tsvetan Tsvetanov had been behind illegal eavesdropping on

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Borissov and GERB back Tsvetanov in eavesdropping controversy

April 16, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Boiko Borissov and his centre-right GERB party, facing volleys of calls for election campaign chief and former interior minister Tsvetan

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