Bulgaria's parliament approves new government to end months of coalition talks


Newly appointed Bulgarian prime minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and his ministers take an oath after the new government was voted in the parliament, in Sofia, Bulgaria January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament approved on Thursday a cabinet led by Rosen Zhelyazkov, a former parliament speaker, ending months of negotiations on the formation of a coalition government.

The centre-right GERB party won a snap election in October, the seventh held in the Balkan state in four years, but has had to hold tough talks with other political parties for more than two months in order to form a government.

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