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Bulgaria's president gives mandate to election winner Radev to form government

<p>SOFIA, May 5 - Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova said on Tuesday she would offer the mandate to form a new government to Progressive Bulgaria (PB), the party of former president Rumen Radev who comfortably won a parliamentary election last month.</p>

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Bulgaria's president gives mandate to election winner Radev to form government<p>SOFIA, May 5 - Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova said on Tuesday she would offer the mandate to form a new government to Progressive Bulgaria (PB), the party of former president Rumen Radev who comfortably won a parliamentary election last month.</p>
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