Bulgarian President Rumen Radev: The Most Important Thing Today is to Vote
"The most important thing today is to vote.
The junior ally in Bulgaria's minority coalition government will fully stand behind Tsetska Tsacheva, the main ruling party candidate, in the presidential election runoff, one of its co-chairs has said.
A decision has been taken by the Reformist Bloc (RB) coalition to back GERB's candidate, Bozhidar Lukarski has told public broadcaster BNT.
"We cannot allow for a red general to head the state and change the Euro-Atlanticist orientiation of Bulgaria," Lukarski has argued.
He has made clear the RB, which proposed its own candidate in the elections, will act along its traditional "anti-communism" lines.
Radev, a former Air Force Commander, is running as independent but is supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the heir to the Soviet-era Bulgarian Communist Party.
His right-wing opponents have accused him of being pro-Russian and anti-Western, something he denies.
Radev is tipped to win the first round of the presidential election acording to exit polls.
The runoff vote is due on November 13, next Sunday.
Brussels has unofficially warned Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova that the country’s euro adoption process could be suspended, according to BGNES, citing Nova TV.
"Everyone wants positions – in regulatory bodies and ministries," he emphasized.
Bulgaria’s toll system now has the technical capability to track average vehicle speeds, as announced by the National Toll Management following a meeting with Regional Development Minister Violeta Koritarova.
The income required to cover living expenses for a working individual and a three-member family with a child under 14 has remained almost unchanged compared to June, according to an analysis by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CI
The Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution to set the minimum wage at 1,077 leva, reflecting a 15.
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