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Bulgaria’s July elections: Row over government formation continues

July 14, 2021July 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

With two of Bulgaria’s major established parties having said that they would not vote in favour of the cabinet proposed

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Outrage over Trifonov’s ‘Facebook Republic’

July 13, 2021July 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

ITN leader Slavi Trifonov’s announcement on Facebook and his cable television channel of his proposed government and its priorities has

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Trifonov does not want to form a government, Borissov says

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

The statement on the morning of July 12 by ITN leader Slavi Trifonov about the cabinet that he is unilaterally

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Trifonov names proposed cabinet with Nikolai Vassilev as PM

July 12, 2021July 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

With the official results of Bulgaria’s July 11 early parliamentary elections still pending, ITN leader Slavi Trifonov has listed the

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Trifonov says he will not be a candidate

June 7, 2021June 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

Cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov, whose ITN party is vying for first place in Bulgaria’s July 11 parliamentary elections, said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Trifonov hits out at Borissov’s GERB over ‘lies’ about Electoral Code

May 4, 2021May 9, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Slavi Trifonov

The leader of Bulgaria’s ITN political party, cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov, hit back in a Facebook post on May

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Bulgaria 

Borissov says Bulgaria’s next elections will not produce government

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Slavi Trifonov

Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said on May 3 that the country’s next parliamentary elections

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Two-thirds of Bulgarians disapprove of Trifonov party’s refusal to form government

April 28, 2021April 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Slavi Trifonov

A poll by Alpha Research has found that 63.2 per cent of Bulgarians disapprove of the refusal by cable television

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Bulgarian Parliament’s sitting to debate Electoral Code amendments scuppered

April 28, 2021April 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Slavi Trifonov

The Bulgarian Parliament’s sitting that had been scheduled to begin on April 28 was cancelled after it failed to agree

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