Weekly Political Highlights 16-22 Jan 2021

A new date for the parliamentary elections has been set for April 4, 2021

Президентът Румен Радев издаде указ за провеждане на изборите на 4-ти април 2021. Source: Президентство на България

• New date for the parliamentary elections is in the spring on April 4, 2021

•  The strict restrictive measures introduced in the autumn are already working, although vaccination is not going as fast as possible

• A new Russian ambassador is appointed in Sofia, for the first time a woman. She is Eleonora Mitrofanova, a career diplomat, the daughter of a senior Russian special services official

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