Send to KindleThe election campaign for Bulgaria's October 23 presidential and municipal elections will last from September 23 to October 21, Bulgarian Central Election Commission mandated Wednesday.
The campaign will kick of precisely one month before the date of the polls and will close one day before, as the Saturday preceding the election is traditionally and legally reserved for a so-called "reflection day", when no electioneering whatsoever is allowed.
Parties, coalitions and initiative committeed have up to Saturday, September 17 to register their candidates for president and vice-president of Bulgaria.
Up to now, only the GERB center-right ruling party and nationalists Ataka have registered their candidate-presidential tandem.
GERB's hopefuls are ex-Minister of Regional Development Rosen Plevneliev (who filed his resignation from cabinet just Wednesday) and Minister of Justice Margarita Popova (who will be on leave for the campaign).
Ataka's hopefuls are party chair and vice-chair, Volen Siderov and Pavel Shopov.
Electronic media in Bulgaria have it until Monday, September 12, to post their rates for campaign ads.
Candidates will have the opportunities to air free 3-minute addresses on the Bulgarian National Television and Bulgarian National Radio.
GERB leader Boyko Borissov made a characteristically self-assured statement in Parliament, declaring that he would return to the prime minister’s post “whenever he wants”
A new poll by “Gallup International Balkan” shows that GERB is holding onto its lead in Bulgaria, currently enjoying the support of 24.5% of voters
The Bulgarian government has secured funding to meet the demands of Sofia's transport workers, effectively ending the strike that has disrupted public transport in the Bulgarian capital
The transport strike in Sofia has intensified political tensions, with accusations and counteraccusations flying in the Bulgarian parliament
Hundreds of employees from Bulgaria's three major public media outlets - BNT, BNR, and BTA - staged a peaceful protest today
Workers at public media Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), Bulgarian National Television (BNT), and the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) are staging a protest
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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