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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’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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Landmark week in Bulgarian politics follows May Day long weekend

May 1, 2017May 3, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The short four-day week in Bulgaria following the country’s May 1 Labour Day long weekend will be a landmark one

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Bulgaria’s Borissov says external interference in Macedonia’s domestic affairs ‘unacceptable’

April 28, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Roumen Radev

Boiko Borissov, leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party and expected soon to become his country’s prime minister, has called for

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GERB, United Patriots start talks on coalition government posts

April 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the nationalist United Patriots started formal negotiations on April 28 on the composition of their coalition

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Bulgarian Parliament: Aggression against Macedonian MPs ‘unacceptable assault on parliament and democracy’

April 28, 2017May 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Krassimir Karakachanov, Macedonia, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted on April 28 a declaration strongly condemning the previous day’s assault on the parliament in Skopje,

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Crisis in Skopje: Bulgaria’s Borissov calls Gruevski, Zaev to urge ‘normalisation’ of situation in Macedonia

April 28, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, Boiko Borissov – expected within days to return to office as prime minister

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