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Teodor Dechev (center). Photo by blog.bg
A total of BGN 12 150 was given out in prizes by the Union for Private Economic Enterprise (UPEE) for reports of vote-buying during the Bulgaria general elections.
Teodor Dechev, Deputy Chairman of the UPEE reported that roughly 50 reports of vote-buying had been bought to their attention. He added that the only party that was not amongst these reports was "The Greens", Darik Radio reported.
The UPEE, a Bulgarian business organization, announced an award of up to BGN 10 000 before the elections for any information and evidence of vote buying in Bulgaria. Up until this moment 1 prize of BGN 4 000, 2 prizes of BGN 2 000, 1 of BGN 1 500 and 5 prizes of BGN 1 000 have been awarded by the UPEE.
Dechev said previously in an exclusive interview for novinite.com that; "We received more than 200 signals only for the European Parliament elections. Yet people are very scared and in most of the cases they speak only on condition of anonymity."
Bulgaria has recognized as "nationally represented" two trade unions and five employer organizations active in the country, the government's press office has said.
Bulgarian Order, Law and Justice (RZS) party has requested an annulment of ballots cast in Turkey for Bulgaria's May 12 early general elections over what they claimed were a number of irregularities at polling stations in Bulgaria's neighbor.
Tsetska Tsacheva, speaker of Bulgaria's last parliament, will be former ruling party GERB's new candidate for parliament chair, according to newly elected GERB MP Emil Radev.
Bulgaria’s predominantly ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) will not enter a coalition with either the center-right GERB party or the ultranationalist Ataka (Attack), DPS leader Lyutvi Mestan has declared.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party has declared will attempt to win the support of ultranationalist outfit Ataka (Attack) after the general election on Sunday.
The Austrian company SORA, which is doing a parallel vote count in Bulgaria's May 12 early general election, has confirmed that four parties will certainly make their way to the country’s 42nd General Assembly.
The "We Want to Vote" initiative has launched a new internet site aiming at assisting all Bulgarian expats, who wish to vote in the October 23 presidential elections.
Bulgaria's Supreme Constitutional Court is requesting additional documents and expertise in the case of the summer general elections vote in neighboring Turkey.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ordered the Bulgarian Ambassadors to Turkey and the US to give explanations for ‘disciplinary violations’ in the July 5 general elections.
The popular party of prime minister Boyko Borisov manages to keep and to even increase its lead ahead of the formerly ruling Socialists following their crushing defeat at July 5 general elections, a brand new survey shows.
The Bulgarian central prosecutor's office has announced that the most serious violations have been found in the Turkish polls from the Bulgarian Parliament Elections on July 5.
An inspection by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has found serious violations in the foreign sections during the Parliament Elections on July 5.
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