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Macedonia crisis: Socialist leader Zaev injured as parliament in Skopje stormed over election of Albanian speaker

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Socialist SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev and 10 police officers were injured in a confrontation as Macedonia’s parliament in capital

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgarian coalition agreement geared to stable government

April 27, 2017April 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgarian GERB party leader Boiko Borissov, expected to be returned to office as prime minister on May 4, said that

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Bulgaria 

GERB and United Patriots sign coalition agreement, Borissov gets mandate to form government

April 27, 2017April 28, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

At a ceremony on April 27, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev handed GERB party leader Boiko Borissov – whose party won

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President to hand Borissov exploratory mandate to form government on April 27

April 26, 2017April 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov will formally receive the opportunity to form his third government when head of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader: GERB-United Patriots governance programme is ‘serious retreat’ from election commitments

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova, whose party is destined for opposition when the forthcoming Boiko Borissov GERB-United Patriots coalition

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalists say every effort being made for a coalition government deal with Borissov’s GERB by the end of April

April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of Bulgarian nationalist coalition the United Patriots, said on April 24 that every effort was being made

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Bulgaria 

Karakachanov: Bulgaria’s new coalition government will include four deputy prime ministers and 17 ministers

April 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato, Volen Siderov

The structure of the forthcoming Boiko Borissov coalition government is ready, and will include four deputy prime ministers and 17

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev to start consultations on mandate to form government on April 24

April 21, 2017April 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria head of state President Roumen Radev will begin on April 24 a succession of meetings with the five parliamentary

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Bulgaria 

Draft agreement on new Bulgarian government between GERB and United Patriots to be ready on April 21

April 20, 2017April 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The draft coalition government agreement between Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and the nationalist United Patriots will be ready on April

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