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Bulgarian President concludes political consultations following Borissov government resignation

November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev concluded on November 24 a week of consultations with the National Assembly’s eight parliamentary groups following

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front willing to try to form a government

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

In a move likely to prove no more than Quixotic, Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front parliamentary group said on November 23

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Everyone wants to govern but when the time comes, they run like hell

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Presiding at the first Cabinet meeting after his government’s resignation was accepted by Parliament, outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Constitutional Court rules on a tale of two presidents

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has clarified the respective roles of incumbent President Rossen Plevneliev and president-elect Roumen Radev in dealing with

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev’s consultations with parties leave Bulgaria no closer to a government

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev continued his series of consultations with political parties on November 22, in an

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Bulgaria elections 2017: Borissov is vulnerable over political decisions, less so the economy

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

If ever there was a good time to predict the outcome of the parliamentary elections that Bulgaria is set to

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Bulgaria 

Radev: Caretaker cabinet is exclusive responsibility of President Plevneliev

November 21, 2016November 22, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Roumen Radev, who is to take over as Bulgaria’s President in January 2017, denied on November 21 that the country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Kouneva says her party will not take part in a government in this Parliament

November 20, 2016November 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Meglena Kouneva of the Bulgaria for Citizens Movement, part of the Reformist Bloc, says that her party will not take

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President may convene security consultative council on political crisis

November 17, 2016November 18, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on November 17 that he was considering convening a meeting of the Consultative Council on

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