Glavchev to Meet Radev on Caretaker Government Proposal; Consecutive Elections Not Possible
In line with constitutional protocol, President Rumen Radev will convene with Dimitar Glavchev, the candidate for acting Prime Minister, tomorrow
Complaints over irregularities during the second round of local elections in Bulgaria are about 7 percent less in comparison to the first round, the Central Election Commission announced an hour before the end of elections. The mayoral run-off in more than one third of the municipalities in Bulgaria is about to end with lower voter turnout in comparison to the first round. At 5:30 pm, the average turnout for the country was 35.80%, which means that 1 430 691 of 3 996 304 registered voters exercised their right to vote. In Sofia voter turnout was 33.33%, in Varna - 23.37%, Plovdiv - 23.74%, BNR reported.
The formerly ruling GERB party would win if early elections were held now, as support for There Is Such a People (TISP), the largest parliamentary force, slipped by about 5 percentage points in a month, according to an August 13-22 nationally representati
The caretaker government on July 7 adopted a decision to dismiss Angelo Prokopiev as the Deputy Head of the State Intelligence Agency.
Yesterday elections were hed in 22 districts of Sofia.
The current mayor of Pleven, Georg Spartanski, won another term.
GERB's candidate for mayor of Blagoevgrad and former mayor Atanas Kambitov lost the run-off.
BSP candidate for mayor of Ruse Pencho Milkov wins the run-off in the regional city.
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