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Alpha Research poll: 56% of Bulgarians want parties to back GERB-UDF effort to form government

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

More than half of Bulgarians believe that the parliamentary groups in the 49th National Assembly should support the efforts of

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Bulgaria 

GERB-UDF’s candidate PM: Reactions range from rejection to a door ajar

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Reactions among parliamentary groups to the May 10 announcement by GERB-UDF coalition leader Boiko Borissov that European Commissioner Maria Gabriel

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Borissov names European Commissioner Gabriel as candidate PM

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

GERB-UDF coalition leader Boiko Borissov told the National Assembly on May 10 that the coalition’s candidate Prime Minister is Maria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Borissov’s GERB-UDF to name candidate PM on May 10

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

The GERB-UDF coalition will announce on May 10 its candidate Prime Minister, coalition leader Boiko Borissov said on May 9.

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Bulgarian President to hand first mandate to seek to form a government on May 15

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev will on May 15 hand over the first mandate to seek to form

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Petitioners for party registrations in election included dead people

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

It seems that some of those who signed petitions in support of registration of parties and coalitions in Bulgaria’s April

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF’s talks on government leave impasse in place

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgaria is heading towards its May 6 long weekend with no clarity whether rounds of talks among parliamentary groups will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF holds talks with three parliamentary groups

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF, which as the largest parliamentary group will be the first to receive a mandate to seek to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF turns to talks with other parties on support for a minority government

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Having rejected the proposed cabinet line-up announced by the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition, Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF is turning

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