Learn more

By Denitsa Koseva in Sofia Bulgaria’s Gerb party on July 1 nominated Rossen Zhelyazkov, party member and ex-parliament speaker, for prime minister, and returned to President Rumen Radev a list of proposed ministers immediately after receiving the first mandate to form a government. The vote on Gerb’s nominations for a government is expected on July 3. Gerb won the June 9 snap general election but has just a quarter of the 240 MPs in parliament. It got the support of the second-largest Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) but the two formations have only 115 MPs and were unable to attract a t…

cuu