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Monday March 20, the beginning of the final week of the election campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections, was marked as World Happiness Day. Considering that one of the […]
Bulgaria’s former president, Rossen Plevneliev, has become the latest to express pessimism about the prospects of the swift formation of a government after the country’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary […]
In a late-night post on Facebook, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has stepped into a domestic pre-election political row about Nato and its presence in the Black Sea. […]
Three days after his own inauguration as Bulgaria’s new President, head of state Roumen Radev congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as US president. A statement by President Radev’s office […]
Amid military ceremonies and with the attendance of top state and government officials – and amid sub-zero temperatures – Roumen Radev was inaugurated on January 22 2017 as Bulgaria’s fifth […]
Roumen Radev, taking office as Bulgaria’s President on January 22, said that he would appoint “experts” to the caretaker cabinet that will run the country pending early parliamentary elections. Speaking […]
Bulgaria’s outgoing prime minister Boiko Borissov said on January 21 that he saw similarities to his own policies in the speech delivered in Washington by Donald Trump the day before. […]
Media covering the January 22 2017 inauguration of Roumen Radev as Bulgaria’s fifth president have been asked not to use drones, for the sake of public safety. The Interior Ministry […]
With more than two months to go before Bulgaria holds early parliamentary elections, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has pledged to work to forge closer relations with […]
Roumen Radev took the oath of office as Bulgaria’s president in the National Assembly in Sofia on January 19 2017, with his formal inauguration as head of state scheduled for Sunday. […]
