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Petar Kurumbashev enters European Parliament

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The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Bulgaria has announced that Petar Kurumbashev from the lists of "Coalition for Bulgaria" becomes MEP. The decision is yet to be published in the "Official State Gazette". The European Parliament is also to be informed about it. Kurumbashev takes the vacant place of MEP Iliana Yotova who resigns on 17 January 2017. Yotova was elected vice president of Bulgaria in the recent elections.



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