President Rumen Radev has accepted the proposed cabinet of acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, giving poverty- and corruption-stricken Bulgaria a caretaker government as it heads toward its seventh general election in three years. In accepting Glavchev's list of ministers on August 26, Radev said he will sign a decree on August 27 to set a parliamentary election for October 27. Radev was forced to make the move after politicians failed three times to put together a coalition government following an inconclusive June election. Glavchev was appointed as the caretaker prime minister after the government collapsed in March under similar circumstances. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service, click here.
Bulgaria Gets Caretaker Government, Seventh Election In 3 Years To Be Held On October 27
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev (right) meets with interim Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev.