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Sofia Deputy Mayor, Yordanka Fandakova, is going to be Bulgaria's new Education Minister. Photo by BGNES
The current Deputy Mayor of Sofia in charge of education, Yordanka Fandakova, is going to be the Education Minister in the new Bulgarian cabinet.
Fandakova's name was confirmed Friday night in the city of Sliven by the Prime Minister-to-be, Boyko Borisov, who is the leader of the GERB party, and still the Mayor of the capital Sofia, as cited by BTA.
Fandakova is the third known Minister in the new Bulgarian government, after World Bank economist Simeon Djankov was announced as the new Finance Minister, and GERB Chair Tsvetan Tsvetanov - as the new Interior Minister.
Fandakova was born in the southwest town of Samokov in 1964. She has a degree in Russian language from Sofia University, and is a former high school principal.
Caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov said the interim government will continue to operate “with decency, responsibility and as a team,” despite what he described as coordinated political pressure and criticism from multiple directions
During a gathering in Stara Zagora with nearly 1,000 mayors from villages, municipalities, and regional cities, GERB leader Boyko Borissov spoke candidly about the party’s achievements and the upcoming electoral challenges
It was supposed to last four years. It lasted just 399 days - 70 of them spent in caretaker status after the prime minister's own resignation.
GERB leader Boyko Borissov met with ministers from the outgoing “Zhelyazkov” cabinet after they formally handed over power to the caretaker government, using the gathering to review the work of the administration and outline the party’s next political ste
The transition of power in Bulgaria was marked by a formal ceremony in the Granite Hall of the Council of Ministers, where former Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov handed over authority to Acting Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov
GERB is set to hold a reporting and election national assembly on March 22 in Sofia, marking the start of the campaign for the early parliamentary elections scheduled for April 19
The "We Want to Vote" initiative has launched a new internet site aiming at assisting all Bulgarian expats, who wish to vote in the October 23 presidential elections.
Bulgaria's Supreme Constitutional Court is requesting additional documents and expertise in the case of the summer general elections vote in neighboring Turkey.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ordered the Bulgarian Ambassadors to Turkey and the US to give explanations for ‘disciplinary violations’ in the July 5 general elections.
The popular party of prime minister Boyko Borisov manages to keep and to even increase its lead ahead of the formerly ruling Socialists following their crushing defeat at July 5 general elections, a brand new survey shows.
The Bulgarian central prosecutor's office has announced that the most serious violations have been found in the Turkish polls from the Bulgarian Parliament Elections on July 5.
An inspection by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has found serious violations in the foreign sections during the Parliament Elections on July 5.
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