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Late results from Bulgaria’s snap parliamentary election show a neck-and-neck race between former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's GERB-led coalition and the anti-elite party called There Is Such A People (ITN).
Bulgaria’s snap parliamentary elections on July 11 failed to produce a clear winner, with There Is Such A People, an anti-elites party, narrowly leading former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's GERB party, exit polls show.
Bulgaria is set to hold early elections on July 11, following polls in April that resulted in a fragmented parliament and failed to produce a government. Here's a look ahead at a vote that could produce a similarly inconclusive outcome.
Acting Bulgarian Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov has said that the authorities are investigating 14 cases of foreign nationals receiving illegal kidney transplants in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria's leaders have expressed their strong support for North Macedonia's road to joining the European Union, a departure from Sofia's earlier objections to North Macedonia starting talks to join the bloc.
The European Union's chief prosecutor has told Bulgarians weary of corruption that judges' independence is the most important condition for a functioning justice system.
Bulgaria says one of its MiG-29 aircraft has lost radio communication and disappeared from radars while taking part in military exercises over the Black Sea.
Bulgaria's government is creating a blacklist of individuals and entities associated with three prominent Bulgarians hit by sanctions imposed by the United States for their alleged "extensive roles in corruption."
Bulgaria is investigating claims that opposition politicians were wiretapped under the government of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov ahead of last month’s general elections.
Bulgaria says it does not plan to lift its veto on long-delayed accession talks between North Macedonia and the European Union over a language and history dispute with its neighbor.
Bulgarian caretaker Prime Mnister Stefan Yanev has officially taken office, saying the main priority of his government will be to uphold the rule of law and ensure the fairness of the upcoming snap parliamentary elections.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has called snap parliamentary elections for July 11 after a vote last month resulted in a fragmented parliament that failed to produce a government.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev says he will set July 11 for early parliamentary elections after a third and final attempt to form a government following April 4 polls that led to a fragmented parliament failed.
Bulgaria is heading for a fresh election after the Socialists became the third party to fail to form a government following parliamentary elections on April 4.
Bulgaria says it will expel another Russian diplomat after the country's authorities said they suspected six Russian citizens of involvement in a series of blasts that hit four weapons and armament facilities over the past 10 years.
The Russian envoy has been summoned to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry after the authorities launched an investigation into six citizens of Russia suspected of involvement in a series of blasts at four weapons and armament facilities in Bulgaria between 2011 and 2020.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov says that his GERB party will nominate Daniel Mitov, a former foreign minister, to lead the government it will try to form after the April 4 election.
Bulgarian officials have announced they are easing restrictions on businesses and other commercial activity, citing improving numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has announced plans to seek a coalition government after his center-right party placed first in the country’s parliamentary elections, though he cautioned he was "unlikely to succeed."
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bulgaria is struggling with a separate, ongoing health crisis: Most patients who need an organ transplant are unable to get one. Bulgaria's restrictive laws on living organ donations have driven some patients to travel abroad for life-saving operations.
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