Bulgarian President may hand over government-forming mandate only in New Year
Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev indicated on December 16 that given that parties had asked for more time
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Boiko Borissov
Borissov says GERB-UDF inviting DB, BSP and ITN for talks on government
Boiko Borissov said on December 13 that his GERB-UDF coalition was inviting Democratic Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Socialist Party and ITN
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Borissov says talks underway on a government – but talks with whom?
Talks are currently underway to form a government, GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov told reporters in Parliament. However, it was not
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Bulgaria: Acting Prosecutor-General Sarafov moves against former PM Petkov
Acting Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafov has moved against Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, requesting Parliament to remove Petkov’s immunity as
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Borissov says he is abandoning bid to be PM, form government
Boiko Borissov, the leader of the GERB-UDF coalition which is Parliament’s largest group, said on November 26 that he was
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GERB-UDF leader Borissov: It is clear to everyone new elections are coming
It is clear to everyone that new elections are coming and all parties are behaving as if they were in
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Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects GERB-UDF’s proposed PM
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 3 against GERB-UDF nominee Rossen Zhelyazkov becoming Prime Minister, thus defeating the first of
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Bulgaria: Borissov’s GERB-UDF presents proposed cabinet
Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF received on July 1 the first mandate to try to form a government and immediately presented a
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Bulgaria: Borissov says GERB-UDF will ‘most likely’ propose a minority government
Boiko Borissov said on June 24 that his GERB-UDF parliamentary group would most likely propose a minority government. Borissov was
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