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Bulgaria recalls consul controversially appointed to Valencia

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov

Three weeks after taking office, Bulgaria’s new government is recalling a former head of the country’s anti-corruption commission who was

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Bulgaria’s 2021 elections: GERB will back university rector in presidential race, Borissov says

October 2, 2021October 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021

GERB will support Sofia University rector Professor Anastas Gerdzhikov in the November 2021 presidential elections, party leader Boiko Borissov has

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Bulgaria’s former PM gets jab against Covid-19 live on Facebook

July 27, 2021July 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister and leader of the GERB-UDF coalition Boiko Borissov received a first dose of vaccine against Covid-19

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Bulgaria’s CEC announces seat distribution after July 11 parliamentary election

July 15, 2021July 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on July 15 the seat distribution in the 46th National Assembly, with the full

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Row over government formation continues

July 14, 2021July 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

With two of Bulgaria’s major established parties having said that they would not vote in favour of the cabinet proposed

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Trifonov does not want to form a government, Borissov says

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

The statement on the morning of July 12 by ITN leader Slavi Trifonov about the cabinet that he is unilaterally

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Bulgaria’s elections: Caretaker Interior Minister alleges Borissov’s party bought votes

July 5, 2021July 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021

Police in Plovdiv had found that votes in the April 4 parliamentary elections were bought on behalf of Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria’s July elections: CEC rejects complaint by Borissov’s GERB against caretaker government

June 23, 2021June 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Roumen Radev

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has dismissed a complaint by Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF electoral coalition that the caretaker government appointed

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Shake-up in leadership echelon of Borissov’s GERB party

May 11, 2021May 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

A May 11 national conference of outgoing Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party saw changes in the leadership echelon, with

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