Rumen Radev

Stoyan Yanchev will be the new Chief Executive Offier of Bulgargaz, the country's public natural gas supplier, the Bulgarian National Radio reports.

The shift is caused by President Rumen Radev's decision to include incumbent Nikolay Pavlov in the interim government that will take over on Friday.

President Rumen Radev will present the composition, structure and priorities of the future caretaker government on January 27 at 10:00 hrs at an official ceremony at Dondukov 2, reported the press service of the head of state.

With a decree, Radev has appointed the caretaker government of the Republic of Bulgaria. The caretaker ministers are as follows:

Radi Naydenov, the Bulgarian Ambassador to Germany, is the most likely designate to become caretaker Foreign Minister, recent media reports have suggested.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has said he will dissolve Parliament as of January 27 and set March 26 as the date for the next early election.

Radev has signed the decree two days into his term as President, paving the way for an interim government.

Former Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov has been appointed by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev as Prime Minister ad interim, the President's press office says.

The name of Gerdzhikov has been widely mentioned in the media since the end of last year, but Gerdzhikov has only commented reluctantly.

The Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) has warned the country ranks last in the size of foreign investment drawn by EU member states.

In an interview with public radio BNR, BIA Chairman Bozhidar Danev has added investment into the country is "mainly based on public money and EU funds."

Bulgaria's new head of state, ex-air force chief Rumen Radev, who was inaugurated on Sunday, is due to dissolve parliament on Thursday and to appoint an interim cabinet on Friday, sources told BIRN.

MPs will gather for an extraordinary session on Tuesday to debate and vote on several bills.

The plenary session was requested by 50 MPs from different parliamentary factions, days before the legislature is dissolved by the new President, Rumen Radev.

Bulgaria's new President Rumen Radev will include secretaries on issues such as anti-corruption, the rotating EU presidency due next year, spirituality and culture, and science, his press office says.

The EU Presidency portfolio was not part of the team of Rosen Plevneliev, who formally left the office on Sunday.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has appointed Air Force Col Dimitar Stoyanov has been appointed as his Chief Secretary, the presidency's website shows.