site.btaEuropean Commission Asks PM Denkov to Nominate New Commissioner

President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen sent Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov an official letter to ask him to nominate a new European Commissioner to complete Mariya Gabriel's mandate at the EC, the Council of Ministers press service reported on Friday evening. Gabriel served as European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth between 2019 and 2023, when she had to resign after GERB raised her nomination for Bulgaria's Prime Minister.