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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Slavi Trifonov
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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Bulgaria’s WCC seeks support for Budget amendments, minority government
The We Continue the Change (WCC) party co-led by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and his deputy PM, Finance Minister Assen
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Bulgaria’s PM: Put country above party, but ‘we are not afraid of elections’
In a video message on June 10, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said that he believed that there were people
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Bulgarian PM ‘in no hurry’ to table ITN ministers’ resignations
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will not be in a hurry to table in Parliament the resignations of the four
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Opposition in Parliament seeks resignation of entire Bulgarian government
Opposition parties in Bulgaria’s Parliament want the resignation of the entire government and say that they will not vote in
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The government of Bulgaria – what happens now?
The first reaction of Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov to the statement by ITN party leader Slavi Trifonov that he
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Trifonov says withdrawing party from Bulgaria’s ruling coalition
ITN party leader Slavi Trifonov said on June 8 that he was withdrawing his party from Bulgaria’s quadripartite governing coalition
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