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Borissov meets MRF in bid for ‘maximum support’ during Bulgaria’s EU presidency

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov, expected within weeks to again become prime minister, held talks with the Movement

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GERB negotiator: New Bulgarian government will be formed after Easter

April 12, 2017April 13, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Delyan Dobrev, a negotiator for Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, said on April 12 that Bulgaria would have a new

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Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Ninova refuses Borissov’s offer of Parliament Speaker’s chair

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov, winner of the March 27 parliamentary elections, has offered Bulgarian Socialist Party leader

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Mareshki forecasts doom for GERB – United Patriots coalition government

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Volya party leader Vesselin Mareshki has forecast that a forthcoming coalition government combining Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the nationalist United

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Bulgaria’s newly-elected Parliament to hold its first sitting on April 19

April 7, 2017April 11, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s newly-elected 44th National Assembly will hold its first sitting on April 19 2017, as decreed by head of state

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Bulgaria’s far-right Ataka leader Siderov says he will not be a cabinet minister in Borissov’s next government

April 5, 2017April 7, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Volen Siderov

If negotiations on a coalition government work out, Bulgarian nationalist coalition the United Patriots will be part of Boiko Borissov’s

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GERB, United Patriots agree that next government will have Boiko Borissov as Prime Minister

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Volen Siderov

The first official meeting between Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB and the nationalist United Patriots for talks on a coalition government

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Borissov heads GERB negotiating team on new Bulgarian government

April 3, 2017April 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, twice former prime minister Boiko Borissov, has taken personal charge of the team

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Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Central Election Commission announces full list of names of MPs

April 2, 2017April 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova, Volen Siderov

A week after Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 National Assembly elections, the Central Election Commission announced the full list of 240

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