Bulgaria’s PM continuing to seek support against defeat in no-confidence vote
Bulgarian Prime Minister and We Continue the Change party co-leader Kiril Petkov is continuing to seek support among MPs to
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Slavi Trifonov
Bulgaria’s Parliament sets no-confidence debate for June 21
Acting Speaker of the National Assembly Miroslav Ivanov has convened a special sitting of Parliament for June 21 at 11am
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Bulgaria: Another MP quits Trifonov’s ITN party
An MP for Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party, Kiril Simeonov, said in the National Assembly on June 17 that he was
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Bulgaria’s opposition GERB seeks no-confidence motion against government
GERB, the largest opposition group in Bulgaria’s Parliament, is seeking signatures for a motion of no confidence in the country’s
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Poll finds Bulgarians divided over ITN quitting government
An express poll done by the Alpha Research agency for public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television’s weekly Referendum talk show has
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Bulgaria’s PM to name new ministers ‘when we have a majority’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on June 14 that the ruling coalition would nominate new Cabinet ministers, to replace
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Bulgaria: Recriminations fly as ITN quits government, and some quit ITN
Recriminations, insults, mutual allegations of being mobsters and a threat of court action were the order of the day on
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Bulgaria: Outgoing Cabinet minister, group of MPs quit Trifonov’s ITN party
Outgoing Sports Minister Radostin Vassilev and five members of Parliament told a news conference on June 13 that they were
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Drama over claims of ITN MPs defecting to back Bulgaria’s ruling WCC
The political melodrama following the departure of Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party from Bulgaria’s ruling coalition took another turn on June
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