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Nationalism is the only ideology that can be employed in Bulgaria when it comes to keeping up with yhe country's citizens, according to Volen Siderov, leader of the controversial far-right Ataka (Attack) party, who is also a presidential candidate.
The word "nationalism" has been compromised in Bulgaria, but European attitudes lean towards it, Siderov has pointed out, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency.
Siderov condemned what he perceived as growing neoliberalism in Europe and Bulgaria, declaring that the state should participate more intensively in the country's economy.
According to Siderov, the Bulgariam state should take over key economic sectors, including energy. Wednesday marked Siderov's campaign tour as he visited the Northwestern town of Vidin.
Even though the electoral campaigns aiming to gather votes for the upcoming presidential and local elections in Bulgaria have started since months now, they officially open in Thursday.
The presidential and local elections will take place on October 23, and the campaigns should be closed on October 21, the Bulgarian Dnevnik daily reminds. The campaigns are allowed to be carried out only in Bulgarian.
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The Commission for Protection of Personal Data has fined Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Ministry for making public nearly 37 000 permanent addresses in the country of Bulgarian voters residing abroad.
Bulgaria spared over BGN 8 M in state budget money by carrying out its local and presidential elections on the same date in 2011, the country's Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has stated.
Former Justice Minister Margarita Popova was nominated by the ruling centrist-right party GERB to run for Vice President of Bulgaria in the elections that took place on October 23 2011.
Rosen Plevneliev, former Bulgarian Regional Development Minister, was elected President on the ticket of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria part (GERB) on October 30 2011.
Rosen Plevneliev, Bulgaria's newly elected President, will be officially sworn in on Thursday.
Bulgaria's President-elect and Vice President-elect, Rosen Plevneliev and Margarita Popova, will take the oath of office before the National Assembly on Thursday, January 19.
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