Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Assen Vassilev: Mariya Gabriel cannot and should not be Prime Minister of Bulgaria

Assen Vassilev
Photo: BTA

I can apologize if Mariya Gabriel felt personally offended. What she did as a candidate for prime minister is unacceptable, said outgoing Minister of Finance and We continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria Co-chairman Assen Vassilev in response to Mariya Gabriel’s request for an apology. According to him, it would have been fair if Mariya Gabriel had specified that the composition of the draft cabinet had not been coordinated with PP-DB when presenting it to President Rumen Radev.

During the press-conference of We continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria on March 19, Vassilev described Gabriel as "the newest and most beautiful face of the mafia in Bulgaria".



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Ferry operations near Oryahovo have been suspended due to low water levels in the Danube River

Ferry operations near Oryahovo have been suspended d ue to low water levels in the Danube River.  The situation is not unprecedented and occurs every summer, but this year the water level has dropped earlier than usual, said the Oryahovo-Bechet Ferry..

published on 7/4/25 10:42 AM

President Radev and Premier Zhelyazkov send greetings to the United States on the occasion of Independence Day

Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov extended his warmest congratulations to the President, the government and the people of the United States on the occasion of July 4 – Independence Day. ''Bulgaria and the United States continue to deepen their..

published on 7/4/25 10:26 AM
MEP Andrey Kovatchev

EP to drop all references to "Macedonian identity and language" from Skopje's progress report

The three largest parties in the European Parliament — the European People’s Party (EPP), the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and Renew Europe have reached an agreement to remove all references to ''Macedonian..

published on 7/4/25 9:51 AM