Russian ambassador to Bulgaria threatens embassy closure after staff expulsion
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on June 30 that Russian ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova has asked Bulgaria to withdraw its expulsion of
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Kiril Petkov
Recriminations among politicians in Bulgaria over expulsion of Russian diplomats continue
Domestic political disputes between rival camps in Bulgaria continued on June 30 over outgoing Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s announcement that
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Bulgarian President to present WCC mandate to form government on July 1
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev’s office said that on July 1 at 5pm, he would present a mandate to seek to
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Chances of early elections in Bulgaria steepen further
Bulgaria’s Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We Continue the Change (WCC) was regrouping on June 29 to consider what to do after
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Bulgarian Socialist Party breaks off talks with WCC on government formation
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) executive bureau decided on June 29 to suspend talks with the Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We
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Bulgarian President reserved in comments on expulsion of Russian diplomats
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev told reporters in Madrid that he hoped that Prime Minister Kiril Petkov would have carefully considered
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Poll: Half of Bulgarians want a new government, without fresh elections
By a very narrow margin, more than half of Bulgarians would prefer to see a new government elected without Parliament
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Bulgaria’s WCC party begins formal consultations on proposed government
Bulgaria’s Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We Continue the Change (WCC) party’s national council gave a mandate on June 28 to start
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Bulgaria’s President schedules consultations after government submits resignation
Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev scheduled two days of consultations with the country’s seven parliamentary groups on June
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