Social Media Picks Up Bulgarian Oppositioner's Vulgar Reference to PM
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has kept a stiff upper lip after a vulgar address used by an opposition party leader - but social media haven't.
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Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has kept a stiff upper lip after a vulgar address used by an opposition party leader - but social media haven't.
Lawmakers in Bulgaria are to reconvene on Tuesday to vote on urgent amendments to the Electoral Code, less than 20 days before the presidential elections.
The three partners forming or backing Bulgaria's minority cabinet have finally reached a compromise to amend the Electoral Code, removing a cap on the number of poling stations outside Bulgaria.
A dramatic runoff is expected in the presidential elections of Bulgaria, pollster Alpha Research has said.
Ombudsman Maya Manolova has submitted to the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria sections of the Electoral Code curbing the number of polling stations abroad.
One of the "heavyweight" parties of the Reformist Bloc alliance, the junior partner in Bulgaria's coalition government, has said it will pull out of governance if the bloc's candidate fails to gather enough votes in the presidential elections.
Left-wing ABV party's deputy head Rumen Petkov on Sunday called Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev a "liar" and "detractor" over his comments on an agreement sealed by the previous head of state with Russia's ruling party.
Bulgaria's main ruling party GERB is set to propose eleventh-hour amendments to the Electoral Code at an extraordinary Parliament session on Tuesday, party officials have said.
Bulgarian Ombudsman Maya Manolova has said she is ready to refer to the Constitutional Court as early as Monday, October 17, on sections of voting legislation that she believes curbs the rights of Bulgarians abroad.
One of the Reformist Bloc's parties has said it may propose the alliance to call for early general elections in Bulgaria next year if "all other options are exhausted".
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has threatened to refer to the Constitutional Court of the country the "Not Voting for Anyone" option in the ballots that will be used in the presidential elections.
A special police operation aimed against the distribution of drugs and prostitution on the territory of Varna has been carried out on Friday night, reported the police press centre.
The Commission for confiscation of property acquired via criminal activity has expropriated real estate properties, cars and company shares to the amount of BGN 73 M, reported bTV.
More than 500,000 Bulgarians will spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve abroad, forecast Rumen Draganov, Director of the Institute for Analyses and Estimates in Tourism.
A meeting of “Ukrainian organisation against Russian aggression” has been held in Sofia, reported BNT.
After a surprise visit to Parliament today, PM Borisov has called an emergency meeting at 17:30 hrs to discuss the readiness of the ministers from the coalition partners of GERB to continue to be part of the government.
“GERB’s Parliamentary Group asked me today to reshape the government.
Due to the expected decrease in temperatures next week, according to the weather forecast, Toplofikatsiya Sofia will begin to turn on the heating in Sofia in stages on Monday.
If, after the presidential elections on November 6, a run-off is reached between Tsetska Tsacheva and General Rumen Radev, BSP’s candidate will win, showed a Gallup survey of electoral attitudes among 998 people in the period October 4-12.
Sofia Prosecutor’s Office has indicted former Sofia District Governor Veselin Penev on charges that, in the period 30.
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