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"Boyko will be Prime Minister…" Like all of today's Bulgarian press, Dnevnik's front page features a portrait the mayor of Sofia and leader of the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party. On 5 July, GERB won general elections with over 40% of votes. The daily indicates that with the support of the Blue Coalition — another right-wing party tipped to be its coalition partner — GERB will have enough seats to form "a stable government." Borissov, a former bodyguard who presented himself as a candidate to save Bulgaria, has promised to fight widespread political corruption, which prompted the European Commission to freeze several million euros in development funding. However, several NGOs have reported that the Bulgarian elections were once again marked fraud, and in particular, incidents of vote selling.
