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The deadline for political parties to register their presidential candidates for the October 23 local and presidential elections is September 17. File photo
Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS, and the LIDER movement of shady energy tycoon, Hristo Kovachki, have registered for joint participation in the local elections.
The coalition is called "Liberal Alliance for Sofia," according to a Friday report of the Bulgarian Trud (Labor) daily.
The Head of the Sofia DPS Municipal Council, Timur Halilov, is quoted saying the coalition agreement includes a joint ballot for municipal councilmen in the capital and joint nominations for mayors in 32 villages from the Sofia Region. The ballot will be arranged based on the 1:1 ratio.
The decision if the parties will have one candidate or separate ones to run for mayor of Sofia is still pending. The coalition agreement has been reached because DPS and LIDER decided they profess common liberal values.
DPS have already reached an agreement with the Union of Free Democrats, SSD, of former Mayor of Sofia, Stefan Sofiyanski, who is entering again the mayoral race. SSD, on their part, signed Thursday an agreement with the right-wing Union of Democratic Forces, UDF, which is one of the two parties in the Blue Coalition. The other one – Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, UDF, announced they had nothing to do with the said agreement, insisting it could not have been sealed in the name of the Blue Coalition.
The Central Election Committee will accept documents for registration of presidential hopefuls beginning September 5, while the deadline is September 17, 2011.
21 parties registered to take part in the presidential elections, including the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party, the Community of Democratic Forces, ODS, the Radical Party, the nationalist VMRO, the Bulgarian Democratic Forum, the Roma party Evroroma, and SSD, among others.
73 parties have registered for the local elections.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) in Bulgaria has confirmed that a total of 6,575,151 citizens are eligible to vote in the upcoming elections on April 19
Supporters of “Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria” (DSB) commemorated the children killed during the ongoing war in Ukraine by arranging a display of children’s shoes in front of the Russian Embassy in Sofia
Bulgarian media tycoon and notorious oligarch Delyan Peevski has officially retired the “New Beginning” label as his party prepares for the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to an announcement from the DPS press office
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has finalized the official schedule for organizing and conducting the parliamentary elections on April 19, following the presidential decree issued on February 19.
During a gathering in Stara Zagora with nearly 1,000 mayors from villages, municipalities, and regional cities, GERB leader Boyko Borissov spoke candidly about the party’s achievements and the upcoming electoral challenges
The National Assembly has approved amendments to the Child Protection Act that make part of the National Register for Cases of Pedophilia accessible to the public.
The Commission for Protection of Personal Data has fined Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Ministry for making public nearly 37 000 permanent addresses in the country of Bulgarian voters residing abroad.
Bulgaria spared over BGN 8 M in state budget money by carrying out its local and presidential elections on the same date in 2011, the country's Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has stated.
Former Justice Minister Margarita Popova was nominated by the ruling centrist-right party GERB to run for Vice President of Bulgaria in the elections that took place on October 23 2011.
Rosen Plevneliev, former Bulgarian Regional Development Minister, was elected President on the ticket of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria part (GERB) on October 30 2011.
Rosen Plevneliev, Bulgaria's newly elected President, will be officially sworn in on Thursday.
Bulgaria's President-elect and Vice President-elect, Rosen Plevneliev and Margarita Popova, will take the oath of office before the National Assembly on Thursday, January 19.
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