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Bulgarian government nominates Sofia police chief as new Interior Ministry head

May 9, 2017May 10, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s coalition government is nominating Sofia police chief Mladen Marinov to be the new chief secretary of

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Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, President congratulate Macron on his French presidential election victory

May 8, 2017May 10, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and President Roumen Radev each have sent congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his victory in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB party to table legislation to introduce majoritarian election system

May 7, 2017January 4, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The first legislation that Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party will table in the Parliament elected in March this year will

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Cabinet to discuss European Commissioner nomination on May 10

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

Starting his third term as Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boiko Borissov has told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that his cabinet

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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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