Boyko Borissov

Bulgaria's outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has reiterated that a government resignation would have been inevitable even if he hadn't moved to step down after the presidential election.

Next year's budget would have been the bone of contention, Borisov has made clear, citing differences among factions in Parliament.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has said he will work to prevent the political crisis that began on Wednesday from growing into a parliamentary one.

Bulgarian lawmakers have accepted the resignation of the government led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

218 deputies voted "for", no one voted "against". There were two abstentions.

On Sunday, Borisov announced he would step down over the results of the presidential election. He deposited the resignation a day later.

Bulgarian lawmakers have gathered to vote on the resignation of the government led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

On Sunday, Borisov announced he would step down over the results of the presidential election. He deposited the resignation a day later.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has dismissed two Deputy Ministers to send them on missions to Sweden and the Netherlands, the government has said.

Deputy Foreign Minister Valentin Poryazov will be Bulgaria's Ambassador to Sweden.

Rumen Aleksandrov, who holds the same office, is being appointed as the Ambassador to the Netherlands.

Ministers from the two parties in the outgoing government are poised to take seats in the Bulgarian Parliament after the cabinet's resignation is accepted.

Boyko Borisov, the outgoing Prime Minister, is also tipped to become an MP.

GERB and the Reformist Bloc had a total of 12 representatives in Bulgaria's executive.

Presidential election results in Bulgaria are unlikely renew talks on Belene nuclear power plant (NPP) and South Stream projects, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said earlier this week.

However while the prospects to revive them "are minimal", Peskov stressed that Russia had always backed expanding cooperation with Bulgaria and would continue to do so.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has asked the Constitutional Court whether the head of state can call a new early election without dissolving Parliament.

There is no deadline for the nomination of the next Bulgarian commissioner, a spokesperson for EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said.

The Commission's comment follows questions related to the resignation of Georgieva and the upcoming procedure to determine the new Bulgarian commissioner.

Pro-Russian presidential candidates in Bulgaria and Moldova have been elected for the top posts in the two separate elections held on Nov. 13, results showed.