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Bulgarian Socialists Won't Make Coalition with Ruling Party

The Bulgarian Socialist Party will not enter into coalition with now-ruling GERB party, no matter what the outcome of summer 2013 general elections, stated socialist MP Boyko Velikov.

Politics » Domestic | October 30, 2012, Tuesday // 17:08 | Viewed: 1403

Bulgaria Lifts Lid on Credit Millionaires' Murky Past End Year

A special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, will expose the names of the so-called credit millionaires at the end of December.

Politics » Domestic | October 30, 2012, Tuesday // 10:04 | Viewed: 1869

Bulgaria PM: I Will Be Forgotten, My Works Will Remain

Bulgarian PM and ruling GERB party chair Boyko Borisov has reacted to praises lavished upon him by members of the GERB "Elders" organization.

Politics » Domestic | October 28, 2012, Sunday // 18:01 | Viewed: 1698

Bulgarian Ruling Party 'Elders' Hail 'Apostolic' PM

Members of the "Elders" unit of Bulgarian center-right ruling GERB party heaped praises on the party's leadership at a congress Sunday.

Politics » Domestic | October 28, 2012, Sunday // 15:45 | Viewed: 1419

Kuneva: Bulgaria Produces Scrap, Sorrow and Timber

The next Bulgarian cabinet should be hard at work in restoring Bulgaria's production and employment, stated ex-EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva.

Politics » Domestic | October 28, 2012, Sunday // 14:23 | Viewed: 1668

Bulgaria to Fully Lift Lid on Credit Millionaires' Murky Past

A special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, will be entitled to not only probe the so-called credit millionaires, but expose their names too, parliament decided on Friday.

Politics » Domestic | October 26, 2012, Friday // 12:45 | Viewed: 2382

Bulgaria's GERB Surprisingly Sacks Varna Regional Governor

The Cabinet of the center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party released from the post Wednesday Regional Governor of Varna, Dancho Simeonov.

Politics » Domestic | October 24, 2012, Wednesday // 14:33 | Viewed: 1779

GERB, Ethnic Turks Clash about Kardzhali Ottoman Liberator

The controversy with the honorary citizenship of Gen. Vasil Delov in the southern city of Kardzhali stems from the lack of common interpretation of the common history of Bulgarians and ethnic Turks.

Politics » Domestic | October 24, 2012, Wednesday // 13:33 | Viewed: 2541

Bulgarian Nationalists Rise against 'Unconstitutional' Ethnic Turkish Party

Nationalists from Bulgaria's VMRO party have staged a protest in Sofia, demanding that the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party be declared unconstitutional.

Politics » Domestic | October 23, 2012, Tuesday // 14:29 | Viewed: 9023

Bulgarian PM Failing with 'Propaganda' First Time - Pollsters

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his ruling center-right party GERB are failing with the "propaganda situation" in the country for the first time, according to pollsters.

Politics » Domestic | October 23, 2012, Tuesday // 11:54 | Viewed: 1770

Kardzhali Ottoman Liberator Designated for Highest Bulgarian Order

An initiative committee has launched a petition to award posthumously to Gen. Vasil Delov the country's highest order Stara Planina.

Politics » Domestic | October 22, 2012, Monday // 14:26 | Viewed: 4249

New Union Aims at Uniting Bulgaria's Right Wing

The former leaders of Bulgaria's right-wing party Union of Democratic Forces, UDF, Martin Dimitrov (2008 – 2012) and MEP Nadezha Neyski (2002 – 2005) established over the weekend a new fraction in the party.

Politics » Domestic | October 22, 2012, Monday // 13:42 | Viewed: 1484

Wary Bulgarian Socialists Demand Parallel Counting of 2013 Ballots

The leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev has demanded a full parallel count of the ballots to be cast in Bulgaria's 2013 parliamentary elections.

Politics » Domestic | October 20, 2012, Saturday // 16:29 | Viewed: 1235

Socialist Chief 'Ashamed' of Bulgaria's Rulers

The leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, and President of the Party of European Socialists, PES, former Prime Minister, Sergey Stanishev, is truly ashamed by what is happening in his country.

Politics » Domestic | October 20, 2012, Saturday // 14:34 | Viewed: 1774

Bulgarian Administrative Bodies Equipped with 268 POS Terminals

The number of point of sale (POS) terminals at Bulgarian state administrative bodies has increased from 30 in 2011 to 268 by September 2012, according to data of Borika -Bankservice AD as cited by the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA).

Politics » Domestic | October 19, 2012, Friday // 18:04 | Viewed: 1558

Bulgaria to Set Up Tent Camp for Syrian Refugees in Harmanli

The military barracks in the southern Bulgarian town of Harmanli are undergoing urgent repair works to turn into a temporary refugee accommodation center within a month.

Politics » Domestic | October 19, 2012, Friday // 12:23 | Viewed: 4852

Demostrators Block Tribute to Bulgaria's 'Communist Princess'

The start of the "scientific conference" dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the birth of Lyudmila Zhivkova, daughter of Communist dictator, Todor Zhivkov, was hurdled Friday by protesting people.

Politics » Domestic | October 19, 2012, Friday // 11:56 | Viewed: 3646

Bulgaria's GERB Revises Solo NPP Referendum Question

The MPs from the Legal Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament voted late Thursday the edited version of the question of the referendum on the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant in the Danube town of Belene.

Politics » Domestic | October 19, 2012, Friday // 09:24 | Viewed: 2444

Bulgaria's Top Court Hinders Illegal Assets Law

Bulgaria's top court has ruled against key parts of a controversial, but praised by the EU and US bill, authorizing confiscation of illegal assets, which the country's parliament adopted in May.

Politics » Domestic | October 18, 2012, Thursday // 16:39 | Viewed: 2906

Tribute to Communist Dictator's Daughter Stirs Outrage in Bulgaria

The "scientific conference" dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the birth of Lyudmila Zhivkova, daughter of Communist dictator, Todor Zhivkov, stirred a scandal and outrage in Bulgaria.

Politics » Domestic | October 18, 2012, Thursday // 15:00 | Viewed: 7325

Pollsters in Bulgaria Agree Ruling GERB Loses Ground

Less than a year before the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, the top polling agencies in the country have obtained controversial data and forecasts on the standing of the opposition.

Politics » Domestic | October 18, 2012, Thursday // 13:05 | Viewed: 3001
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