Daniel Mitov Ready for Foreign Minister Role Amid Geopolitical Test in Bulgaria
Daniel Mitov, Deputy Chairman of GERB, has expressed his readiness to assume the position of Acting Foreign Minister
Volen Siderov, leader of nationalist party Ataka, has suggested that Bulgaria's next Parliament should start functioning on May 21, adding that any delays would be detrimental.
Speaking Friday after consultations with President Rosen Plevneliev, Siderov noted that Ataka would not work with the ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) and refuted allegations that the nationalist party had already had talks with the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
He emphasized that Ataka would not make any compromises on national interests.
Siderov, as cited by the Focus news agency, told journalists that Ataka members had complained to him about having been contacted by GERB members.
The nationalist leader suggested that the news was hardly surprising as center-right party GERB had substantial experience in stealing MPs from other formations.
Siderov explained that Bulgaria's head of state had told him he saw no reason to void the May 12 parliamentary elections and that he considered the demands for the measure irresponsible.
He refuted claims that here had been talks about making Ataka member Yavor Notev Parliament Chair.
Siderov argued, however, that Notev was more suitable for the post than former Parliament Chair Tsetska Tsacheva.
Asked to outline priority tasks for Bulgaria's 42nd General Assembly, he recommended an instant revision of the Energy Act, the abolition of the energy transmission fee, a reduction in electricity prices.
Siderov also insisted that the legal framework regulating the functioning of the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) had to be revised, the licenses of power distributors CEZ, EVN, and Energo-Pro had to be revoked, and the concession contracts for gold-mining reconsidered.
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Ivan Portnih, candidate of Bulgaria’s formerly ruling center-right party GERB, has won the battle for mayor of the coastal city of Varna by a slim margin.
Two candidates are vying to be mayor of Bulgaria's third-largest city and summer capital, Varna on the Black Sea coast.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office final count of the alleged illegal ballots discovered at a printing house in Kostinbrod hours ahead of the May 12 early elections is 480 000.
The number of apparently illegally printed ballots for Bulgaria's May 12 early general elections has swollen to at least 400,000, according to an announcement by the prosecution.
Bulgaria's formerly-ruling, center-right GERB Party has sent its claim contesting and asking to void the May 12 early general elections results to all European institutions.
Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has decided to try the claim contesting and asking to void the May12 early general elections results.
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