Bulgaria's PM Bliznashki Dismisses Deputy Ministers

All Bulgarian Deputy Ministers from the cabinet of Plamen Oresharski were discharged as of Wednesday, August 6, authorities revealed.

Reports in various media outlets had suggested Georgi Bliznashki would not keep deputies from the former cabinet in office, unlike the previous caretaker government, formed in February 2013.

The document dismissing the Deputy Ministers was signed by Bliznashki on August 5, the day when he was named as interim Prime Minister by President Rosen Plevneliev, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.

It entered into force the next day, after the interim cabinet took over from the government of former Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski.