Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev signed a decree disbanding the 47th National Assembly and scheduling early Parliamentary elections on October 2.
President Radev also appointed a caretaker government with the following cabinet members:
Galab Donev- caretaker Prime Minister;
Lazar Lazarov- Deputy Premier and Minister of Labor and Social Policy;
Hristo Alexiev- Deputy Premier for Economy and Minister of Transport;
Ivan Demerdzhiev- Deputy Premier for Public Order and Security and Minister of Interior;
Atanas Pekanov- Deputy Premier for the Management of EU Funds;
Rositsa Velkova-Zheleva- Minister of Finance;
Dimitar Stoyanov- Minister of Defense;
Asen Medzhidiev- Minister of Health;
Ivan Shishkov- Minister of Regional Development and Public Works;
Sasho Penov- Minister of Education and Science;
Nikolay Milkov- Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Krum Zarkov- Minister of Justice;
Velislav Minekov- Minister of Culture;
Rositsa Karamfilova-Blagova- Minister of Environment and Water;
Yavor Gechev- Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry;
Nikola Stoyanov- Minister of Economy;
Rossen Hristov- Minister of Energy;
Alexander Pulev- Minister of Innovation and Growth;
Ilin Dimitrov- Minister of Tourism;
Vesela Lecheva- Minister of Youth and Sports;
Georgi Todorov- Minister of e-Government
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Another group of Bulgarian citizens has returned home early this morning from Lebanon. This happened with the assistance of the Foreign Ministry, the Bulgarian Embassy in Beirut and our Canadian partners, the Foreign Ministry said. With the help..
On Sunday the weather will be predominantly cloudy, with the clouds scattering temporarily over Western Bulgaria. There will be rain in many parts with thunder in the Rhodopes and the Eastern regions where there will be more significant rainfall...
In December this year the Ministry of Finance will have covered the last of the criteria for accession to the Eurozone – inflation, said caretaker..
On Saturday, the lowest temperatures will be between 14 and 19°C; in Sofia - about 16°C. In the western regions, the highest..
30 buildings across the country will be illuminated in green tonight to mark European Donation Day – the European Day for Organ, Tissue and Cell..
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