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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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament approves resignation of PM Borissov’s government

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 16 2016 to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government, tabled after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament to vote on government’s resignation, and other presidential election fallout: Roundup

November 15, 2016November 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly will vote on November 16 on accepting the resignation of Boiko Borissov’s government, and chances are that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ponders constitutional issues as government resigns

November 15, 2016November 16, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

The resignation of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government has prompted President Rossen Plevneliev to ask the Constitutional Court for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM officially resigns, and other presidential election fallout: Roundup

November 14, 2016November 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov officially tabled his government’s resignation on November 14, as he had said he would do

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov announces resignation after presidential election defeat

November 13, 2016November 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Just more than 90 minutes after it became clear that his GERB party had been defeated in November 2016’s presidential

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