Bulgaria PM Backtracks on Resignation over Presidential Election
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said he will only step down if his party's candidate loses the runoff of the presidential election.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said he will only step down if his party's candidate loses the runoff of the presidential election.
The Bulgarian national interest will be the core priority of the newly emerged nationalist coalition even after the presidential election, candidate Krasimir Karakachanov has said.
Bulgarians said no to apathy and voted for change, Rumen Radev, the main opposition party's presidential candidate has said.
Bulgarian talkshow host Slavi Trifonov has said it "will depend on circumstances" whether or not he will set up a party after a referendum held along with the presidential elections.
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.
Bulgaria's main ruling party GERB is yet to take a stance on exit poll data which gives a narrow-to-clear lead of opposition-backed candidate Rumen Radev.
Bulgarian voters have backed the introduction of a first-past-the-post system, compulsory voting, and a drastic slash in state subsidies handed to political parties, exit poll data shows.
Polling stations across Bulgaria will not close at 20:00 but at 21:00 as voting for president still goes on, authorities say.
Both frontrunners in Bulgaria's presidential race support NATO, but also want Moscow and Sofia to have closer ties, Politico has said.
Voter turnout was higher at 17:00 local time (EET) in Sunday's presidential election in Bulgaria compared to the 2011 voter for head of state, authorities say.
People have been lining up to vote in many polling stations abroad, Bulgaria's electoral authorities report as the country is choosing its next President.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has summoned ministers in his cabinet to his home in Boyana, media reports suggest.
Nearly a third of Bulgarian voters had cast a ballot in Sunday's presidential elections as of 13:00 local time (EET), authorities say.
Voters in some ethnically mixed areas of Southern Bulgaria have told the public broadcaster that some inhabitants are receiving "instructions" before going to the polls.
Voter turnout in Bulgaria was bigger in the morning in Sunday's presidential election compared to the last vote, data from election authorities shows.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has made it clear he will wait for until after presidential elections held on Sunday.
Bulgarian voters have been left split down the middle by a three-point referendum proposed by a popular TV show held along with the presidential election on Sunday.
After Parliament Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva, who was recently announced as the candidate of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's GERB party, it is time to introduce Maj Gen Rumen Radev, a nominee endorsed by the second-largest party in Parliament, the Bulgarian S
Tsetska Tsacheva, the Bulgarian Parliament Speaker, is the main ruling party GERB’s nominee torun in the presidential elections on November 06.
Bulgarians are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect the country's new President and vote in a referendum on the political system.
On Saturday, Bulgarians commemorate one of the three most important All Souls (Zadushnitsa) days in Eastern Orthodox Christianity - the day of St Michael (in Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox traditions, he is called ‘Taxiarch Archangel Michael’) or
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