EU countries name their candidate European Commissioners
With Jean-Claude Juncker’s European Commission due to take office in November 2014, the 28 EU member countries are in the
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Georgieva poised to be Bulgaria’s European Commission nominee as issue passes to caretaker cabinet
Attempts by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) for the country to name a candidate European Commissioner other than Kristalina Georgieva
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Vigenin confirms his name discussed as Bulgaria’s candidate European Commissioner
Kristian Vigenin, the former MEP who holds the foreign policy portfolio in the soon-to-resign Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet, has confirmed
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EU leaders fail to agree on top jobs, to meet again on August 30
A European Council special meeting on July 16 to discuss who should be the next European Union foreign policy chief
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Oresharski: Bulgaria to support Georgieva nomination as next EU foreign policy chief
Plamen Oresharski, occupant of the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet, said on July 16 that Bulgaria
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Will Bulgaria bet against the house in the European Commission stakes?
In the hours ahead of the July 16 meeting of European Union leaders to discuss top posts in the new
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European Parliament approves Jean-Claude Juncker as new European Commission President
The European Parliament voted on July 15 to approve Jean-Claude Juncker as the new European Commission President, to begin a
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EC opens five new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria
The European Commission said on July 10 that it opened five new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria, as part of its
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Borissov repeats demand for GERB to nominate Bulgaria’s European Commissioner
Bulgarian opposition centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov has repeated his insistence that his party should nominate the country’s European
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