Bulgaria’s caretaker government sworn into office
At a ceremony on August 2, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev swore into office the caretaker government that he has appointed
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Roumen Radev
Icy exchanges as Bulgarian Socialist Party gives up mandate to form government
Bulgaria may be sweltering in soaring July temperatures, but in President Roumen Radev’s office, the atmosphere was icy as the
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Bulgarian Socialist Party mulls fate of mandate, as early elections expected
Members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party national council went into a meeting on the afternoon of July 26 to decide
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Political fallout after ITN exits talks on new Bulgarian government
Political uproar has followed the announcement by ITN leader Slavi Trifonov that he is withdrawing his party from negotiations on
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Bulgarian Socialist Party accepts mandate to try to form government
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) accepted on July 18 the third and final mandate to try to get a government
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President to offer Bulgarian Socialist Party mandate to seek to form government
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev will on July 18 at 5pm offer to the candidate Prime Minister from the Bulgarian Socialist
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Bulgaria a step closer to final bid to form government
Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev conducted a round of consultations with all seven parliamentary groups on July 15,
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Bulgaria: GERB-UDF refuses to try to form government
The parliamentary group of GERB-UDF refused on July 14 a mandate from head of state President Roumen Radev to seek
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Bulgarian President: ‘Most expedient’ to hold elections at beginning of October
If the next attempts at forming a government within the current Parliament prove fruitless, it would be most expedient to
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