Boyko Borissov

GERB leader Boyko Borisov stated he was satisfied with the way the negotiations on the formation of a cabinet with the United Patriots coalition were being conducted, according to BNR.

GERB and the United Patriots, a coalition that brings together three nationalist parties, the National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria, VMRO and ATAKA, agreed on Tuesday to form a coalition government with a four-year mandate and Boyko Borissov as prime minister.

The agreement was announced after a first round of negotiations for a new cabinet was held in parliament.

GERB and the United Patriots agreed on Tuesday that they will have a government with "a clear mandate of four years" and GERB leader Boyko Borisov as Prime Minister. This was decided at the first official meeting between the two formations in Parliament held as GERB tries to form a government coalition.

All participants said that there were no negotiations for ministerial posts.

Bulgaria's largest party, the centre-right GERB, expects to form a government with three nationalist parties by late April and return Boyko Borisov to power as prime minister, a senior party official said on Monday.

Borisov's GERB won 95 seats in the general election on March 26, beating its leftist Socialist rivals, but it failed to gain an outright 121-seat majority in parliament.

Bulgaria's largest party, the center-right GERB, expects to form a government with three nationalist parties by late April and return Boiko Boriskov to power as prime minister, a senior party official said on April 3.

The Central Election Commission has announced the names of 12 more persons who are becoming members of the 44th National Assembly after the snap elections on March 26. The announcement came after 12 members elected in two constituencies each finally chose the constituency they want to represent, according to BNR.

In a telephone conversation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Bulgaria's GERB leader Boyko Borisov for the party's victory in the recent early parliamentary elections, GERB reported on Sunday.

News that local councillors in Koprivshtitsa - a picturesque historic town in central Bulgaria - have dismissed its new management plan, which guaranteed its protected status, drew concerned reactions from Bulgarian leaders including the President.

Veselin Mareshki, leader of Volya party stated in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, that his party was ready to be part of the government, but only if it bears its share of responsibility, and not as a supporting power.

President of the European Council Donald Tusk personally congratulated Boyko Borisov for winning the elections against the socialist on Sunday, the press centre of GERB announced.

The two spoke during the European People's Party (EPP) congress in Malta.