The ‘Oresharski’ cabinet’s disputed legacy
The resignation of the Bulgarian cabinet sees a predictable deep dispute among rival political camps about its legacy. The subject
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Plamen Oresharski
Bulgarian government ‘to resign on July 23’ (updated)
After a number of senior political figures linked to Bulgaria’s ruling axis indicated that they expected that the government would
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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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Bulgarian opposition leader Borissov: Stanishev to be nominated as European immigration commissioner
Those in power intend nominating Sergei Stanishev, the Bulgarian Socialist Party leader who has quit the National Assembly to take
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Bulgaria’s parliament paralysed as pressure mounts on government to bring forward resignation
The sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly on July 4 was cancelled as, for the third consecutive day, it failed to
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Bulgarian opposition GERB says it will boycott parliament until cabinet resigns
Bulgarian centre-right opposition leader Boiko Borissov said on July 3 that his GERB party would stay away from the National
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Bulgaria’s cabinet ‘to resign at end of July’
Clarity on when Bulgaria’s cabinet will resign came a small step closer on July 2 when Plamen Oresharski, occupant of
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Political war of words over fatal floods in Bulgaria’s Varna
Amid the superheated Bulgarian political crisis, it was arguably inevitable that the floods that hit the Black Sea city of
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