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Bulgarian President Radev to hand second Cabinet mandate on August 20

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev will hold the formal ceremony at the Presidency in Sofia on August 20 to hand the

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Bulgaria’s President continues to press for government to be elected

August 18, 2021August 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Roumen Radev

However improbable the prospects of success, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev is continuing to urge parliamentary groups to achieve the “consensus

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Bulgaria’s President to hold new consultations with parties represented in Parliament

August 13, 2021August 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Roumen Radev

As Bulgaria awaits the next developments that will determine whether – as seems improbable – a government is elected, or

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s July elections: CEC rejects complaint by Borissov’s GERB against caretaker government

June 23, 2021June 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Roumen Radev

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has dismissed a complaint by Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF electoral coalition that the caretaker government appointed

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Bulgaria’s president fires head of national security agency

May 26, 2021May 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Acting on the recommendation of the caretaker government that he appointed, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev fired Dimitar Georgiev as the

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Bulgarian President Radev names Stefan Yanev caretaker PM

May 11, 2021June 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has signed a decree dissolving the 45th National Assembly on May 12 and setting the date

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Bulgarian President Radev says intends to dissolve Parliament on May 11

May 5, 2021May 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s head of state President Roumen Radev said on May 5 that he intended to sign the decree dissolving the

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Two-thirds of Bulgarians disapprove of Trifonov party’s refusal to form government

April 28, 2021April 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Slavi Trifonov

A poll by Alpha Research has found that 63.2 per cent of Bulgarians disapprove of the refusal by cable television

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Bulgaria: Trifonov’s party formally refuses mandate to form government

April 28, 2021April 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Slavi Trifonov

At a brief ceremony on the morning of April 28, cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov’s political party formally refused a

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