Bulgaria's National Assembly has rejected Nikolay Gabrovski's nomination for prime minister, raising the specter of yet another political crisis in the country and a fifth election in the past two years. Gabrovski, nominated by the center-right GERB party, received only 113 votes in the 240-seat legislature on December 14. SInce he failed to win that vote, a subsequent ballot on his proposed technocrat government was not held. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service, click here.
Bulgarian Lawmakers Reject GERB Party PM Nominee As Country Lurches Toward New Crisis
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