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There is a serious threat for EU funds already negotiated for Bulgaria if the extreme left comes to power after the May 12 snap general elections, according to former Regional Minister, Lilyana Pavlova.
Disgruntled residents of Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna booed Sunday former Regional Minister, Lilyana Pavlova, who is leading the ticket of the centrist GERB party.
Political lobbyism is very easy to catch and expose, says leading Bulgarian PR expert Maxim Behar.
Former Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, must have kissed my right hand every time he cut a ribbon for an infrastructure project, says ex Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Solomon Passy.
After May 12 elections, Bulgaria will have to be once again ruled by a coalition, stated liberal Movement for Rights and Freedoms party Lyutvi Mestan Saturday, adding his party is ready to take part in such a coalition.
Bulgarian party of the Greens assembled on a flash mob Saturday at the symbolic Orlov Most intersection in downtown Sofia to open their campaign for May 12 early elections.
Bulgaria's unions of pensioners have issued a joint declaration against a controversial statement by previous PM Boyko Borisov that increased retirement pensions in 2009 contributed to the dwindling of Bulgaria's state reserve.
The Gorda Bulgaria coalition led by eccentric MEP Slavi Binev opened its campaign for May 12 early elections in Bulgaria with a rally in downtown Sofia Saturday.
The liberal Movement for Rights and Freedoms is Bulgaria's only non-ethnic party, according to leader Lyutvi Mestan, who spoke at the party's May 12 elections campaign launching Saturday.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party chose a humorous way to start the campaign for the May 12 early elections by staging a parody of rival center-right GERB party leaders in Sofia's South Park.
Rival Bulgarian Socialist Party is issuing a fake rhetoric, but is actually not ready to rule Bulgaria, according to GERB leader and former PM Boyko Borisov.
Oktay Enimehmedov, the man who shocked Bulgaria by pointing a gas pistol at former ethnic Turkish party leader Ahmed Dogan, will not be allowed to run for parliament.
Half of Bulgaria's regional governors have requested leave effective Friday as they are engaged actively in campaigning for the May 12 snap general elections.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has urged parties not to resort to populism during the general elections campaign that was officially launched on Friday.
Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, has declared that his party would “never” enter a broad coalition government with its main enemy, the center-right GERB.
Friday, April 12, marks the start of the general election campaign in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria for Citizens party of former EU Commissioner, Meglena Kuneva, will not enter any coalitions before or after the May 12 snap general elections.
One day before the official start of the May 12 snap general elections campaign, pollster Kolio Kolev, from the Mediana agency gave a slight edge to the GERB party against the Socialists.
The formerly-ruling centrist Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, will never enter a coalition with the socialists, the nationalists, and the ethnic Turkish party.
Bulgarians abroad wishing to vote in the May 12 snap general elections have a deadline of Thursday, April 11, to file an application to do so, the Foreign Affairs Ministry reminds.
Interior Ministry officials tasked with monitoring the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria may be subject to inspections to establish possible connections with members of local electoral commissions.