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Clarity on when Bulgaria’s cabinet will resign came a small step closer on July 2 when Plamen Oresharski, occupant of the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet, […]
Bulgaria will hold early parliamentary elections on October 5 2014, Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said on June 27. He made the announcement after consultations were held among his […]
In a vote of 171 in favour, three against and with five abstentions, Bulgaria’s National Assembly agreed on June 27 to accept Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev’s resignation as […]
The new European Parliament, to hold its first sitting on July 1 to 3 2014, will have seven political groups, with the centre-right European People’s Party again the largest – […]
On the eve of the latest day on which political consultations about early elections are meant to start, Bulgaria’s National Assembly again could not hold a sitting – this time […]
In parallel with the saga of deciding a date for Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections is that of “formulating clear principles and rules for nominating the Bulgarian EU Commissioner”. At consultations […]
Centre-right opposition GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said on June 25 that he would accept a Bulgarian Socialist Party invitation for consultations on Friday on a date for early elections, […]
June 25 is a month to the day since the turning point of Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections, which saw the Bulgarian Socialist Party handed a sound thrashing, but there are […]
The move by Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev to resign his seat as an MP to become a member of the European Parliament was slammed by critics on June […]
Bulgaria’s anti-government Protest Network has written to Plamen Oresharski and the four parliamentary groups in the National Assembly, with a copy to President Rossen Plevneliev, demanding precise clarity on when […]
