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Ekrem İmamoğlu

Balkan developments

published on 6/21/24 1:06 PM

Cracks in the government do not yet herald new elections

The past week offered us another dose of instability both in terms of weather and the political atmosphere in Bulgaria. At the backdrop of heavy rains, flooded villages and human powerlessness in the face of natural disaster, a wave..

published on 6/26/23 2:15 PM
Mariya Gabriel and Nikolay Denkov

The Denkov/Gabriel cabinet: How long can it survive?

As Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted in the GERB-PP/DB government on 6 June, with rotating prime ministers academician Nikolay Denkov (PP/DB), and nine months later Mariya Gabriel (GERB) for nine more months, analysts didn’t seem all that optimistic..

published on 6/21/23 12:56 PM

Reshuffle at the top of Bulgaria’s prosecutor's office does not ‎quell tensions in the judicial system

The replacement of Bulgaria’s prosecutor general Ivan Geshev, who was ‎dismissed ahead of schedule, with his deputy until recently, Borislav Sarafov, ‎does not succeed in easing the long-standing tension in Bulgaria's judicial ‎system, observers comment.‎..

published on 6/20/23 12:30 PM
Ivan Geshev

Ivan Geshev is no longer prosecutor general, now a substitute has to be elected, and a debate on a new incumbent instituted

The Bulgarian president signed a decree finalizing the unprecedented, in Bulgaria’s democratic history, early dismissal of the prosecutor general of the country. Now, half-way through his 7-year long term of office, Ivan Geshev is no longer at the..

updated on 6/16/23 12:49 PM

Procedure for dismissal of Prosecutor General - the ball is now in the President's court

With 16 votes "for" and 4 "against", the Supreme Judicial Council removed Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev from office. The decision has no previous analogue in this country and was reached after a debate and hearings of witnesses in..

updated on 6/13/23 1:05 PM
Council of Ministers building

The Denkov-Gabriel cabinet: What can put a spoke in their wheel?

The National Assembly approved the Denkov-Gabriel cabinet , dubbed “a marriage of convenience” between We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) and GERB/SDS, taking power out of the hands of the latest in the string of caretaker..

updated on 6/7/23 12:14 PM

A regular government in the offing: is an end to the political crisis in sight?

At an extraordinary sitting at 1 PM today, the National Assembly is to vote the structure and the composition of the prospective Denkov-Gabriel cabinet, formed on the second exploratory mandate within the current 49 th parliament. The stakes are..

updated on 6/6/23 11:28 AM

National Assembly is ready to vote on new government as early as June 6

During a short ceremony "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB) returned the completed second mandate to form a government to President Rumen Radev. Prime Minister designate Nikolai Denkov said he expected the president..

published on 6/5/23 12:19 PM
Galab Donev

Caretaker cabinet presents report and says it ruled for 'exhausting 10 months'

We have returned the decision-making center where it belongs - in Bulgaria, Prime Minister Galab Donev said at an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers, at which the caretaker cabinet presented a report on its work since..

published on 6/5/23 11:39 AM

A government with the second mandate – a possibility yet full of misgivings

The political conundrum in which Bulgaria finds itself is becoming more and more insolvable, as the way out of the political crisis, which has been going on for two years now, seems to be receding again. Additional fuel was added to the fire..

published on 5/30/23 1:37 PM