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Bulgaria’s president appoints caretaker government, calls snap vote for June 9

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SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev appointed a caretaker government on Tuesday led by Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, and set June 9 as the date for snap elections, the BTA news agency reported.

The parliamentary vote is set to coincide with elections for Bulgaria’s members of the European Parliament, the report said.

(Reporting by Stoyan Nenov and Aleksandar Vasovic; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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