In accordance with the Constitution, President Rumen Radev has signed a decree today appointing the government nominated by caretaker Prime Minister-designate Dimitar Glavchev. The new cabinet is expected to be sworn in at the National Assembly immediately.
On Tuesday, the president also issued a decree on the holding of early parliamentary elections on 27 October.
The new cabinet has one deputy prime minister – the Minister of Finance Lyudmila Petkova.
In the new caretaker cabinet with PM Dimitar Glavchev, the controversial figure of Kalin Stoyanov as Minister of Interior is being replaced by Atanas Ilkov, until now Director of the General Directorate National Police. The prime minister will no longer double up as foreign minister.
The Foreign Ministry will now be headed by Ivan Kondov, until now Deputy Foreign Minister.
Transport Minister Georgi Gvozdeykov will be replaced by Krasimira Stoyanova. The reason why Minister Gvozdeykov is being replaced are the serious problems in the Bulgarian State Railways company with even videos of passengers pushing a train appearing on social networks, Dimitar Glavchev stated.
On Saturday, northwesterly winds will bring cooler temperatures across the country. Cloudiness will be variable to significant, with showers and thunderstorms in the mountains and east. Lows will be between 12° and 20°C, 12° in Sofia. Highs will be..
Bulgarian Minister of Culture Nayden Todorov has met in Sofia with his counterpart from the Republic of North Macedonia, Zoran Ljutkov, the Ministry of Culture reported. The two ministers assessed highly the cooperation between the two countries in..
The new school year will begin on September 16 at the "Yordan Yovkov" Secondary School in the city of Kardzhali with a special dress code. Motifs of Bulgarian embroidery will be mandatory for the clothing of all teachers and students in the school..
The Supreme Administrative Court rejected the appeal of the coalition around Ahmed Dogan - "Democracy, Rights and Freedoms - DPS"..
Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov has cancelled the air show at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base after an L-39 ZA military transport plane crashed, the..
At a Bulgarian-Chinese business forum in Sofia, President Rumen Radev pointed out the advantages of the business environment in..
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