Politics » Presidental & Local Elections 2011
Comments, posted on the wall of a fake Facebook profile of Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov, regarding the outcome of the country's presidential elections stirred wide-spread confusion Tuesday.
The opposition, left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is going to demand a recall of the results of the October 23 presidential elections and October 30 runoff.
Andrey Ivanov, from the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party (GERB) was reelected Tuesday Chair of the Sofia Municipal Council.
The Mayor-reelect of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, Yordanka Fandakova, and the new Sofia municipal councilors took Tuesday the oath of office.
Yordanka Fandakova, the candidate of Bulgaria's ruling party GERB and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who was reelected as mayor of the capital by a wide margin on October 23, will take her oath on Tuesday.
Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, revealed he had 5 options when selecting the candidate for president to be nominated by his ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party (GERB).
The former mayors of the Bulgarian cities of Plovdiv, Pleven and Smolyan, who lost the run-off votes October 30 to ruling GERB party representatives, have joined forces to request a recall of the vote.
Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) believes that there are reasons for seeking a cancellation of end-October's presidential elections and remains ready to discuss various methods of contesting the results.
The first and the second round of Bulgaria's presidential and local elections were held in compliance with the law, according to Krasimira Medarova, Chair of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).
The leader of the opposition, left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) declared Saturday the Socialists as the "moral winners" in the October presidential and local elections.
The Bulgarian Parliament terminated on Friday the tenures of office of eight MPs of center-right ruling party GERB to allow them to assume office as mayors.
Lyutvi Mestan, Deputy Chair of the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party has dispelled allegations that the formation played a double game at the recent presidential elections.
Rosen Plevneliev, the presidential candidate endorsed by Bulgaria's ruling centrist-right GERB, officially received a certificate confirming he is the country's president-elect.
Heavy doubts are cast over Bulgaria's centrist-right GERB minority government for irregularities during the country's recent presidential and local elections, the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) has stated.
Proshko Proshkov, the candidate endorsed by the Bulgarian right-wing Blue Coalition, has officially filed a claim for the cancellation of mayor elections in capital Sofia October 23.
47-year-old Rosen Plevneliev, the candidate of the ruling center-right party GERB, has won Bulgaria's presidential elections with 52.58% of the votes cast in the run-off on Sunday, the Central Electoral Commission has announced.
The opposition left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) announced Tuesday they will ask for a recall of results from local elections in four regional centers and one town – the cities of Smolyan, Veliko Tarnovo, Plovdiv, Sofia and the town of Lom.
The Administrative Court in the southern Bulgarian city of Kardzhali fulfilled Tuesday the request of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party (GERB) to have a ballot recount.
The leader of the Bulgarian right-wing party Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), Martin Dimitrov, declared Tuesday he will ask the November 22 assembly of the National Executive Committee of the party for a confidence vote.
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, lied in announcing that he had received congratulations on his victory in election night from the leader of the far-right, nationalist Ataka party, Volen Siderov.
Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) is incapable of making decisions on on critical issues in a timely or efficient manner, according to a statement of the observer mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).