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A man who was arrested a day after Bulgaria’s October 5 parliamentary elections for offering people 20 leva (about 10 euro) to vote for the Movement for Rights and Freedoms […]
The announcement by Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov that four parties were to be invited to second-round talks on the formation of a new government has drawn reserved […]
A survey by international pollsters Gallup has found that on a list of “partly free” countries, the Bulgarian government in 2013 had the second-lowest approval rating in the world. Released […]
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB is to continue its bid to form a government by holding second-round talks with the Reformist Bloc, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, nationalists the Patriotic Front and […]
The negotiating team for GERB wrapped up its first round of talks with other political parties on October 19 and Boiko Borissov’s party will move to deciding on options for partners […]
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party cut short coalition government co-operation first-round talks with Nikolai Barekov’s Bulgaria Without Censorship party and said there would be no further meeting. Earlier, in spite [&hell ...
Boiko Borissov, leader of centre-right GERB – winner of the largest number of seats in Bulgaria’s new Parliament – says that he will definitely not accept negotiations towards a coalition […]
Negotiators from Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB and the nationalist Patriotic Front emerged from close to five hours of talks on October 16 to say that the Patriotic Front would support […]
More than six hours of talks between GERB and the Reformist Bloc ended with no substantial agreement and for now little apparent prospect of the two working together in a […]
Bulgaria’s newly-elected Parliament, the 43rd National Assembly, will hold its first sitting on Monday October 27 at 2pm, head of state President Rossen Plevneliev said on October 15. Plevneliev made […]
