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Boiko Borisov (l) with EU commission president Jose Manuel Barroso (Photo: European Commission)

Bulgaria reshuffles government amid questions of competence

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has reshuffled his six month-old government after his foreign minister failed a confirmation hearing as EU commissioner-designate, raising doubts about the skills and knowledge of the centre-right reformist cabinet.

Mr Borisov, a karate black belt and former bodyguard, rose to the top of Bulgarian politics due to the failure of his predecessors, a Socialist-led coalition including Liberals and a Turkish ethnic party, to tackle the country's chroni...

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Boiko Borisov (l) with EU commission president Jose Manuel Barroso (Photo: European Commission)

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