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Austria hosts leaders to discuss the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, in Vienna SOFIA (Reuters) -Long-serving Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Wednesday he will not lead the government his GERB party tries to form after the April 4 election, proposing a pro-European former foreign minister to replace him. His centre-right party, which has ruled for most of the past decade, lost a fifth of its seats amid public anger over rampant corruption that boosted new protest parties and delivered a more fragmented parliament in the Balkan country. GERB remained the largest party, but fe...

share 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. "I am choosing Daniel Mitov, because I want very clearly to underline our pro-European and pro-NATO position," Borisov told GERB lawmakers in a live streaming on his Facebook page on April 14. Borisov, who has dominated the Balkan country's politics since 2009, said he would also quit his seat as a lawmaker in the new parliament to focus on his center-right party.

Bulgaria's GERB party will nominate ex-foreign minister for PM candidate Reuters 4 hrs ago SOFIA, April 14 (Reuters) - Long-serving Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Wednesday his GERB party will nominate ex-foreign minister Daniel Mitov to lead the government it will try to form after the April 4 election. "I am choosing Daniel Mitov, because I want very clearly to underline our pro-European and pro-NATO position," Borissov told GERB lawmakers in a live streaming on his Facebook page. Borissov, who has dominated the Balkan country's politics since 2009, said he would also qui...

Bulgaria’s Borissov says he will not stand as candidate PM April 14, 2021 GMT SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said Wednesday he will not seek to lead the next government after his center-right GERB party won the most votes in last week’s parliamentary elections but fell short of a majority. Borissov, 61, who has governed with an iron grip for most of the last 11 years, said that he would not “divide” the nation and will propose “another candidate for prime minister with a clear European and NATO orientation.” He later said on his Facebook profile t...

In the 45 th National Assembly, the other five groups all oppose electing a government nominated by Borissov. It is expected that his proposed Cabinet will be rejected in a vote in the House. Mitov, right, with Antony Blinken, now US Secretary of State, in 2016. The best chance of getting a government voted into office lies with cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov, whose ITN party ran second in the parliamentary elections. Borissov said that undoubtedly, Trifonov was successful in show business. “Now he has reached another stage, but one that needs responsibility and bold decisions,�...