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Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Manol Genov charged with vote-buying

July 12, 2017July 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Anti-corruption prosecutors have lodged charges against Manol Genov, an MP for the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, alleging that he was

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Bulgarian National Assembly votes third Boiko Borissov government into office

May 4, 2017May 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova, Krassimir Karakachanov, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted Boiko Borissov’s GERB-United Patriots coalition government into office on May 4 2017. The

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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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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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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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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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Bulgarian nationalist leader calls for expulsion of Turkish ambassador, recall of Bulgaria’s ambassador in Ankara

April 26, 2017April 27, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey, Valeri Simeonov

Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of the nationalist United Patriots that is poised to become a partner in GERB party leader Boiko Borissov’s

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President Radev: Bulgaria in no way looking for trouble with Turkey

April 25, 2017April 26, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev, Turkey

Bulgaria is in no way looking for trouble with Turkey, President Roumen Radev told reporters in Sofia on April 25.

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Turkish ambassador: Ankara does not interfere in the internal affairs of Bulgaria

April 25, 2017April 26, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Turkey

Turkey does not interfere in and influence the internal affairs of any country, including Bulgaria, Ankara’s ambassador in Sofia Süleyman

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