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Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev’s announcement on December 21 that he would not appoint a caretaker cabinet but would leave this to his successor Roumen Radev drew predictably mixed reactions – […]
Boiko Borissov’s GERB party could support a government formed on the basis of the mandate held by the Reformist Bloc, possibly with a bloc figure as Prime Minister, while Borissov […]
Bulgaria’s centre-right coalition the Reformist Bloc decided on December 9 against attempting to form a government. The decision was taken at a meeting of the bloc’s parliamentary group, ahead of […]
Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition is starting consultations with a selection of other parliamentary groups on possibly trying to put together a new government, against a background of President Plevneliev […]
Bulgaria’s Chief of Defence, General Konstantin Popov, has resigned, the Defence Ministry said on December 2. Popov, who has held the post since February 2016, was formerly the superior officer […]
Sixty-eight per cent of Bulgarians want a caretaker government appointed and early parliamentary elections called, according to a poll by the Alpha Research agency, carried out for public broadcaster Bulgarian […]
A November 29 meeting of Bulgaria’s Consultative Council for National Security, convened by President Rossen Plevneliev, has left in place a slim possibility that a new government could be formed […]
Roumen Radev, elected to take over as Bulgaria’s President in January 2017, attended a November 26 meeting of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party’s national council, praising party leader Kornelia Ninova […]
Bulgarian President-elect Roumen Radev has called for more urgent measures for extradition and more EU assistance, following the November 24 violent clashes at the Harmanli refugee camp. Radev was speaking […]
Statements by Bulgarian president-elect Roumen Radev during his election campaign that it should be accepted that the Russian flag is flying over Crimea have been described as “problematic” by Bulgaria’s […]
