I always believed in Sofia's people and I am thankful for their trust in me, incumbent mayor of Bulgaria's capital Sofia Stefan Sofianski said a little before 07:00 am on Sunfday. According to state regulations, no campaigning or comments on preliminary
In Bulgaria's second biggest city of Plovdiv the rightist candidate Dr Ivan Chomakov garnered 54% of the votes, an exit poll of Gallup agency shows minutes after the polls in Bulgaria closed.
Incumbent Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski wins a third term in office in the run-off vote on November 2, according to exit polls of Gallup agency.
The number of Sofia people who cast their votes in the local elections' run-off poll on Sunday grew to some 38% by 05:00 am, data of the Central Electoral Committee show. Only about 11% of the Sofia residents had cast their votes by midday.
A second round of the local elections is taking place in Bulgaria as the former communists seek to strengthen their victory from the first round, while the right-wing will make efforts to retain their bastions in the two biggest towns - the capital Sofia
Bulgarian Trud daily was accused of political agitation on the day of run-off polls across the country, spokesman of the country's Central Electoral Committee Alexander Alexandrov has said on Sunday. Signal for the possible rule violation came from the C
Chiefs of Bulgaria's road police have been discussing the possibility to set harsher penalties for speeding. According to those eventual changes, if a driver is caught twice exceeding speed limits by more than 50 km/h, he would lose his driving license fo
Bulgaria's most important task at this moment is to hold leftist parties back from their strain to get back into state governing, Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of the country's rightist Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), said after casting her vote for the ma
A 60-year old Romanian national and his two sons headed a criminal ring, which involved one Bulgarian as well, that forced women into prostitution, it emerged on Sunday. Spanish police busted the criminal ring on Tuesday, Spanish newspaper ABC announced.
Just as in the first round of Bulgaria's fourth local elections an extremely low voter turnout was registered by the Central Election Commission during the run-offs for mayors of mayoralties and municipalities. The trend is particularly visible in the big
Police search for the kidnapped daughter of mayor candidate Fidel Beev overshadowed run-off fuss in the Bulgarian town of Velingrad, Bulgarian media claim. The 20-year-old woman was abducted at the beginning of the week.
Bulgaria's base in Antarctica would be visited by at least 3 or 4 ships transporting 100 tourists, docent Hristo Pimpirev, director of the Balkan's Antarctic institute and leader of the scientific expeditions to the Southern Pole. This week marks the 10th
Bulgaria's Finance Ministry is preparing new excise duty stamps and hologram stickers for alcoholic drinks and tobacco products, expert from the ministry Lyuba Hristova told journalists at a seminar in the resort of Borovets.
A bus transporting Ukrainian tourists crashed near the Bulgarian town Debelets. The driver of the bus is hospitalised, no passengers were injured in the crash.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg cast his vote for the run-off poll in the small town of Banya near Sofia. He then hurried for a meeting with, according to his own words, some potential investors from Italy who were interested in wine producin
Georgians head to the polls on Sunday as fourteen parties and seven coalitions are competing in the parliamentary elections. Analysts point out that the vote is seen as a test of strength for politicians seeking to succeed President Eduard Shevardnadze wh
The most important thing now is each person executes its right to vote, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev said after he cast his vote. He also forecasted a greater turnout at the run-offs in Bulgaria.
Voter turnout in Sofia mayoral run-off will not be higher than in the first round a week ago due to the tiredness of the people, Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov said after casting his ballot November 2.
Turnout at Sofia's mayoral run-off so far has increased by 2% as compared to October 26, it was reported. A total of 11.
Socialist candidate for the post of Sofia mayor Stoyan Alexandrov predicted, after casting his vote, that the turnout at Sunday's run-off in Sofia would be higher than it was October 26. When asked to ground his opinion Alexandrov said that, as in each g
Each vote is deliberative, incumbent Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski said after he cast his vote at the Musical school in Sofia. He was accompanied by his three daughters and his wife Alisa.
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