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Former Foreign Affairs Minister and now Member of the European Parliament, Ivaylo Kalfin, is a top contender to be nominated to run for President on the Socialists ballot. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
The National Council of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, is convening Saturday to decide on their nomination for the person to run for President.
The main contenders are said to be the former Foreign Affairs Minister and now Member of the European Parliament, Ivaylo Kalfin, and the BSP Member of the Parliament, Yanaki Stoilov.
The local BSP branches came up with a total of 40 nominations, which were later reduced to 10.
The debates are expected to be heated and controversial since the criteria for the nomination are murky. The vote is planned to be secret.
According to Darik radio's own sources it is possible the Socialists will postpone the decision for the 23rd of July, which is the date of their Congress and even for September.
The right-wing party VMRO-DPMNE, led by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, secured a decisive victory in the first round of local elections held on Sunday
GERB leader Boyko Borissov convened a meeting at the party headquarters with regional coordinators, ministers, MPs, and mayors as part of the party’s Executive Committee gathering
Delyan Peevski, leader of the DPS-New Beginning party, stated unequivocally that there will be no early elections in Bulgaria, a position he reiterated shortly after the National Assembly failed
Economist Vasil Karaivanov has weighed in on the upcoming discussions over Bulgaria’s 2026 budget, noting that much of the political debate is likely to revolve around promises of increased spending ahead of potential early elections
The political landscape in Bulgaria is showing signs of increasing instability, with early parliamentary elections increasingly seen as inevitable
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has declared that it continues to act in the public interest, setting aside narrow partisan and political ambitions amid growing tensions within the ruling coalition
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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