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Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov. Photo by BGNES
Two individuals have been sentenced for vote buying in favor of the predominantly ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has announced.
Tsatsarov’s announcement came during a special press conference that summed up the work done by the Chief Prosecutor’s Office to counter voting fraud in Sunday’s general election in Bulgaria.
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms came third in the election and is expected to be a key factor for the potential formation of a new government.
A total of 64 pre-trial procedures have been launched for vote buying and other election-related crimes in the aftermath of the vote, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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The access to classified information of the chairman of Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property(CCCCIAP) Sotir Tsatsarov was taken away. This was confirmed to BNT by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov.
The new parliamentary season began without the traditional declarations of the ruling parties with priorities for work. Today, only the opposition spoke from the parliamentary rostrum, which, on the one hand, criticized the new government and, on the othe
After the holidays, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) parliamentary group will submit a bill to completely eliminate the so-called gold passports that foreign citizens receive for investments in Bulgaria. The petitioners will be DPS leader Mustaf
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) will not support the proposed program, structure and composition of the Council of Ministers, because it has participated in the talks about them. This was announced by DPS leader Mustafa Karadayi. According to h
"This year the Bulgarian citizens voted for change in three consecutive elections. Our society's expectations are for a regular government. Therefore, the opinion of each of the parliamentary groups on the activities of the new parliament, the work and fo
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) will work to restore normalcy in politics. Voters urged the parties to seek maximum agreement to resume dialogue. As in any parliament, there will be ruling and opposition, but constructive political dialogue mus
Ivan Portnih, candidate of Bulgaria’s formerly ruling center-right party GERB, has won the battle for mayor of the coastal city of Varna by a slim margin.
Two candidates are vying to be mayor of Bulgaria's third-largest city and summer capital, Varna on the Black Sea coast.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office final count of the alleged illegal ballots discovered at a printing house in Kostinbrod hours ahead of the May 12 early elections is 480 000.
The number of apparently illegally printed ballots for Bulgaria's May 12 early general elections has swollen to at least 400,000, according to an announcement by the prosecution.
Bulgaria's formerly-ruling, center-right GERB Party has sent its claim contesting and asking to void the May 12 early general elections results to all European institutions.
Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has decided to try the claim contesting and asking to void the May12 early general elections results.
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