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Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, winner of the most votes in Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections and the governing party-presumptive, has turned down the Movement for Rights and Freedoms’ offer of […]
Results in the Bulgarian caretaker cabinet’s campaign against vote-buying appear to have been mixed, with Interior Ministry leadership hinting at political allegiances meaning that investigations in some areas of the […]
It may again have run only third in Bulgaria’s October elections, but the Movement for Rights and Freedoms remains central to conversation in the country’s politics – either as a […]
Four hours of talks between negotiating teams from GERB and the Bulgarian Socialist Party established common ground on some policy areas but crucial differences on most. The talks were the […]
A week and a day after Bulgaria’s October 5 early parliamentary elections, and after days of foot-stamping and posturing, formal negotiations are to begin on the formation of a new […]
Former talk show host Nikolai Barekov’s populist Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) coalition was again the biggest spender in the October parliamentary elections, paying more than a million leva for campaign […]
Boiko Borissov says his GERB party will make the compromise in negotiations on a future government of other parties sharing responsibility by getting cabinet posts. But the Bulgarian Socialist Party […]
Leaders of Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc have agreed on the conditions that must be met for the party to participate in a coalition government and say that the bloc will […]
The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced at an October 9 news conference the final results of Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections held four days earlier. Eight parties won seats: GERB 84, Bulgarian […]
The centre-right Reformist Bloc was due to meet on October 8 to debate its position on coalition government negotiations with the winner of the largest share of votes in Bulgaria’s […]
