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We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition accepts mandate to seek to form a government

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

In a ceremony lasting barely five minutes, President Roumen Radev handed on May 29 the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev hands mandate to Gabriel to try to form Cabinet

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Maria Gabriel, Roumen Radev

At a formal ceremony at the Presidency in Sofia on May 15, President Roumen Radev handed Maria Gabriel, the Prime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President to hand first mandate to seek to form a government on May 15

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev will on May 15 hand over the first mandate to seek to form

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President concludes consultations ahead of handing mandate to form government

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev concluded his round of consultations with the 49th National Assembly’s parliamentary groups on April 21, as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President holds consultations ahead of handing mandate to seek to form government

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev began on April 20 two days of consultations with the six groups in

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Bulgaria 

New US ambassador to Bulgaria presents credentials to President

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

The new United States ambassador to Bulgaria, Kenneth Merten, presented his credentials to head of state President Roumen Radev at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government in moves to replace 14 ambassadors

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

The caretaker government appointed by President Roumen Radev has been involved in moves in recent days – on either side

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Bulgaria 

President Radev: Bulgaria will want guarantees arms sold to third countries do not go to Ukraine

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

If Bulgaria sells weapons to other countries, it will set conditions that they will not be resold to Ukraine, President

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Perspectives 

Rescuing history: Bulgaria and 1943

March 17, 2023May 10, 2024 Sofia Cohen Bulgarian Jews, Roumen Radev

As a descendant of Bulgarian Jews who survived the Holocaust, I am writing these words with the dedication to the

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