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23 May 2013, Issue 3656
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Bulgarian Election Winners Officially Seek to Void Vote  The center-right GERB party of former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has officially filed a claim with the country’s Constitutional Court to contest and void the May12 general election results. read |
Bulgaria's Electoral Body Replaces Resigned Socialist MPs  Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has appointed two MPs in the place of Iliyana Yotova and Rumen Stoyanov from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) who gave up their seats. read |
Bulgaria's GERB Boycotts Parliamentary 'Rules' Committee  The parliamentary group of the center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party refused to appoint its representatives to the ad-hoc committee for preparing the rules of organization and procedure of the new Parliament. read |
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BULGARIA'S GERB TO NOT TABLE GOVT PROPOSAL IN PARLIAMENT
The proposal for a Cabinet of the formerly-ruling centrist Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, of ex-Prime Minister and GERB leader, Boyko Borisov, is not going to be tabled in the Parliament. Borisov made the announcement in the Parliament Wednesday, where he is attending the first working sitting in his capacity of elected MP. read more  INSTITUTE FOR MARKET ECONOMY: 60% OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DEALS IN BULGARIA FLAWED The Institute of Market Economy (IPI) has published its fourth annual report identifying weak spots in the work of the public administration. For a fourth consecutive year, IPI examines the work of the administration on the basis of 747 audit reports, published by Bulgaria's National Audit Office, covering 40 per cent of the budget spending in the period1998-2012. read more MADE IN BULGARIA UNION DEMANDS MINISTRY OF SMES The "Made in Bulgaria" union has demanded the establishment of a Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship. The proposal is presented in an appeal to of Bulgaria's newly formed 42nd National Assembly. read more BULGARIAN, TURKISH TRANSPORT MINISTERS MULL 'TRUCK' PROBLEM Bulgarian caretaker Transport Minister, Kristian Krastev, is to meet with Turkish counterpart, Binali Yildirim, in Leipzig, Germany, on Wednesday. The news was reported Valentin Bozhkov, Director of the Automobile Administration (Bulgaria), cited by the FOCUS News Agency. read more BULGARIA PAYS BNP PARIBAS LOAN OF NATIONAL POWER CO Bulgaria's National Electric Company (NEK) paid its debt of EUR 195 M to BNP Paribas on Tuesday, the maturity date, according to Mihail Andonov, CEO of the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH). Speaking Wednesday during a parliamentary hearing on energy, Andonov, as cited by dnevnik.bg, reminded that the bridge financing had been provided by Citigroup. read more BULGARIA'S ECONMIN: LEGISLATION CAN STABILIZE ENERGY SECTOR The stabilization of the energy sector will not happen without legislative changes, according to caretaker Economy and Energy Minister, Asen Vasilev. Vasilev spoke in the Parliament as the 42nd Bulgarian General Assembly, which convened one day ago, was holding its first work sitting, with the energy sector topping the agenda. read more BULGARIA'S PM: SURPLUS IS BIGGEST PROBLEM OF ENERGY SECTOR Bulgaria's caretaker Prime Minister, Marin Raykov, said Wednesday that the biggest problem in the country's energy sector was the surplus production of electricity. Raykov spoke in the Parliament as the 42nd Bulgarian General Assembly, which convened one day ago, was holding its first work sitting, with the energy sector topping the agenda. read more BULGARIA'S GERB: ENERGY WATCHDOG MUST BE ELECTED BY PARLIAMENT Center-right party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) has proposed amendments to the Energy Act stipulating that the panel of the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) should be appointed by Parliament with a 2/3 majority and not by government. Delyan Dobrev, former Energy Minister, and Ivaylo Moskovski, former Transport Minister, announced Wednesday that the bill had already been tabled with the Parliament's clerk office. read more BULGARIA GOVT ALLOCATES BGN 3 M TO TOURISM PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN Bulgaria's caretaker government has granted a total of BGN 3 M to the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism (MIET) for the implementation of the annual program for national tourism advertisement. The money will be spent on Bulgaria's participation in more than 40 international tourism forums, on media campaigns, and on visits of foreign tour operators and journalists from promising markets, according to reports of Darik radio. read more EPP: WE ARE ALARMED BY BULGARIAN NATIONALISTS' BEHAVIOR Elmar Brok, Chairperson of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs from the Group of the European People's Party, EPP, has congratulated former Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, with his election victory. "I would like to congratulate you for the strong results in the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria. For the first time in modern Bulgarian history, a former ruling party wins the elections after a term in office," Brok has told Borisov in a phone conversation. read more GERMANY BACKS BLACKLISTING OF HEZBOLLAH'S MILITARY WING German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has expressed his support for blacklisting Hezbollah’s military wing in the EU, officials have said. "In the light of discussions we have had with our partners following the terrorist attack in Burgas, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle supports listing at least the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in the EU," German Foreign Ministry officials said, according to the Jerusalem Post. BULGARIA'S GERB BOYCOTTS PARLIAMENTARY 'RULES' COMMITTEE The parliamentary group of the center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party refused to appoint its representatives to the ad-hoc committee for preparing the rules of organization and procedure of the new Parliament. The ad-hoc committee tasked with drafting Parliament's rules of procedure is usually the first parliamentary body to be created after the new Parliament convenes, according to reports of dnevnik.bg. read more BULGARIAN CITIZENS, NGOS INVITED TO PROPOSE CHANGES TO PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE Bulgarian citizens and non-governmental organizations have been invited to submit proposals for the rules of organization and procedure of the new Parliament. According to a decision adopted Wednesday by the ad-hoc committee tasked with the drafting of the rules of organization and procedures of the 42th General Assembly, the ideas of citizens and NGOs can reach Plenary Hall through MPs. read more BULGARIAN ELECTION WINNERS OFFICIALLY SEEK TO VOID VOTE The center-right GERB party of former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has officially filed a claim with the country’s Constitutional Court to contest and void the May12 general election results. A total of 96 GERB lawmakers have signed the party’s claim, according to local media. BULGARIA'S ELECTORAL BODY REPLACES RESIGNED SOCIALIST MPS Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has appointed two MPs in the place of Iliyana Yotova and Rumen Stoyanov from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) who gave up their seats. Yotova has chosen to keep her post of MEP from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats, while Stoyanov will remain Mayor of the southern city of Kalofer. read more BULGARIAN PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ON FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev believes that a new Bulgarian government is set to be formed quickly, despite what appears to be a political stalemate in Parliament. “I believe that we will have a government very soon,” Plevneliev told reporters, according to the Trud daily. read more BULGARIANS CAST 80 000 VOID BALLOTS IN GENERAL ELECTION Bulgarian voters cast a total of 80 000 invalid ballots at the May 12 general election, according to officials. BTV has informed that some of the void ballots were cast as a sign of protest, with profanities and insults directed at politicians written on a number of them. read more BULGARIA'S GERB FILES VOTE VOID CLAIM The formerly-ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, is filing Wednesday a claim with the Constitutional Court to contest and void the election results. The information was reported by GERB MP and secretary of the GERB parliamentary Group, Tsveta Karaynacheva, speaking in an interview for the Bulgarian National Television (BNT). read more BULGARIANS RALLY IN SUPPORT OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR Scores of Bulgarians have surrounded the main courthouse in the capital Sofia Wednesday in a rally for support of Chief Prosecutor, Sotir Tsatsarov. The rally was organized on Facebook. read more 2 FRIENDS FOUND HUNG IN BULGARIA, 3RD THREATENS TO FOLLOW Two young Bulgarian men, who were friends, have tragically ended their lives in two separate apparent self-hanging incidents, while a third one has threatened to follow them. All three frequently spent time together. read more BULGARIA MARKS 1 YEAR SINCE PERNIK 5.8 QUAKE Bulgaria marks Wednesday the first anniversary of the strongest earthquake in 100 years to shake the Sofia region. The 5.8-6.0-magnitude earthquake hit at 3 am on May 22, and damaged homes in the western city of Pernik as well as in the capital Sofia. It was followed by a number of aftershocks persisting for months. read more BULGARIAâS PETROV HANDED ASTON VILLA ACADEMY ROLE Aston Villa have confirmed recently retired Stiliyan Petrov will take up a new role as assistant to development coach Gordon Cowans at the club's academy. The 33-year-old former Bulgaria international announced his retirement on 9 May, having battled successfully against acute leukaemia. read more MONACO SAID TO EYE FULHAM'S BERBATOV French side Monaco is said to be interested in signing Fulham’s Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov, according to a report published by talkSPORT. Berbatov, who scored 15 league goals in his debut season at Craven Cottage, is said to be dissatisfied with life at the club, which finished 12th in Premiership. read more US RETURNS TO BULGARIA 546 ANTIQUE COINS The US has returned to Bulgaria 546 stolen and smuggled antique coins. According to the US Immigration Customs and Enforcement's, ICE, the coins were to be sold in America at a very high price. read more BULGARIAN EX-TOP COP 'CAN'T WAIT' TO FACE CHARGES Bulgaria’s former Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has declared that he “cannot wait” to be charged by prosecutors. Tsvetanov reminded that he tabled a request to be stripped of immunity as lawmaker just hours after the country’s new Parliament convened for the first time on Tuesday. read more GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERKEL NAMED WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL WOMAN German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named as the most powerful woman in the world by business magazine Forbes for a third year in a row. Merkel has now made the Forbes list eight times out of the past ten years — seven times as No. 1. read more FBI AGENT KILLS MAN âLINKED TO BOSTON BOMBERSâ Boston bombing investigators have shot dead a man who became violent as they questioned him in Orlando, Florida, according to FBI officials. The shooting took place early on Wednesday as law enforcement personnel interviewed 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, who reportedly knew Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. read more JAILED PUSSY RIOT MEMBER LAUNCHES HUNGER STRIKE A jailed member of Russia’s Pussy Riot group has announced she is going on hunger strike in protest over the authorities' failure to allow her to attend a parole hearing in person. Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, who was taking part in the proceedings at the Berezniki City Court in the Perm Territory via a videoconference facility at her prison, refused to continue taking part and barred her defense team from representing her interests, after being denied transportation to the courthouse, according to RIA Novosti. read more |
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