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EC President Juncker congratulates Borissov on his return as Bulgaria’s Prime Minister

May 5, 2017May 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission

European Commission President has sent Boiko Borissov a letter congratulating him on his election as Bulgaria’s Prime Minister. GERB leader

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Back in power as PM, Bulgaria’s Borissov shrugs off opposition criticism

May 4, 2017May 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, back as head of his country’s government for the third time, has dismissed opposition criticism

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Bulgarian National Assembly votes third Boiko Borissov government into office

May 4, 2017May 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted Boiko Borissov’s GERB-United Patriots coalition government into office on May 4 2017. The

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Boiko Borissov presents proposed cabinet to President Roumen Radev

May 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

The day on which Boiko Borissov will become Bulgaria’s Prime Minister for a third time began with a brief ceremony

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Bulgaria’s proposed new Borissov coalition cabinet: 10 things to know

May 3, 2017May 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Boiko Borissov, expected to be elected Bulgaria’s prime minister on May 4 2017, has announced the members of his third

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Bulgaria’s Borissov announces names of GERB-United Patriots coalition cabinet

May 3, 2017May 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov announced on May 3 2017 the portfolios and names in the GERB-United Patriots

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Bulgaria’s caretaker PM ‘feels very festive’ as life of interim government nears its end

May 3, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said at the beginning of what is expected to be the last formal scheduled

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ‘Borissov 3’ coalition government talks in final straight

May 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Negotiations on the formation of a new coalition government to be headed by Boiko Borissov headed into a final phase

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Video: Bulgarian tourism, a government-to-be, the Sofia Science Festival and Eurovision

May 2, 2017May 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria Now, Eurovision, Lance Nelson, podcasts, Sofia Science Festival, tourism

Bulgaria turned in a healthy growth in tourism figures in the first three months of 2017, while a new elected

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