Socialist MP: Top Bulgarian Movie Star is Best Presidential Bid
Bulgaria's former Culture Minister and Member of the Parliament from the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, Stefan Danailov, is the best candidate of the opposition.
Bulgaria's former Culture Minister and Member of the Parliament from the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, Stefan Danailov, is the best candidate of the opposition.
Two new names have emerged as Bulgarian ruling centrist-right GERB's potential Presidential runners – prominent writer Stefan Tsanev and former Foreign Minister Solomon Passy.
Bulgaria's ruling centrist-right GERB party will endorse a man who is "popular enough" in Bulgaria and the EU, Interior Minister and GERB's campaign head, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has revealed.
Former Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov, one of the emblematic figures of the Union of Democratic Forces and the country's transition to democracy, has denied he may join again the race for the presidential office.
Current MEP and former Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin will be the most likely runner of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party in the October 23 presidential elections, according to unconfirmed reports.
The presidential candidate of ruling party GERB will find it easier to win against the socialist candidate than against Meglena Kuneva at a run-off, said Director of the Centre for Analyses and Marketing Yulii Pavlov.
Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB has nominated Ivan Totev, the current District Governor of Plovdiv, as their candidate for mayor of the largest city in Southern Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian cabinet assigned the task of coordinating and executing all preparations for the upcoming presidential and local elections to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov.
In the course of the presentation of her presidential platform, Meglena Kuneva stressed Tuesday that Bulgaria's next head of state should maintain high standards of accountability, seek the views of non-governmental organizations and encourage civilian co
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has officially signed a decree scheduling presidential and municipal elections in the country for October 23.
Bulgarian ruling center-right GERB party is taking very seriously the upcoming campaign for municipal elections, said leader and Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov.
The controversial Bulgarian conservative Law Order and Justice (RZS) party has endorsed its own Presidential candidate, its deputy leader, Atanas Semov.
Bulgaria needs to move closer to the EU standards if it willing to introduce transparency in high-level appointments and fight corruption, according to non-partisan presidential candidate Meglena Kuneva.
If Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov does not end up running for President, his ruling centrist-right GERB has no chances in the elections, according to Ivan Kostov, co-leader of the rightist Blue Coalition.
Simeon Saxe-Coburg, Bulgaria's former king and prime minister, has said the president needs not more rights, but a deeper understanding of those the institution has now.
Ever more businessmen are expressing their desires to run for mayors of Bulgarian towns and cities, as municipal elections loom in the fall, reports the daily Dnevnik.
The Bulgarian Parliament decided Wednesday that it will propose October 23 to President Georgi Parvanov as the date for upcoming presidential and municipal elections.
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