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Nikolay Melemov, nominated by the ruling center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party, came out victorious with 54% of the votes. File photo
Smolyan, a town and ski resort in the very south of Bulgaria not far from the border with Greece, has surprisingly unseated its long-serving Socialist mayor, according to exit polls.
Dora Yankova, the incumbent mayor, who sought re-election for her third term, was defeated by the candidate of the ruling GERB party after managing to get 46% of the votes at the second round on Sunday.
Her rival Nikolay Melemov, nominated by the ruling center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party, came out victorious with 54% of the votes.
As of February 2011, Smolyan has a population of 30,283 inhabitants. Seven candidates vied for the mayoral post in the town, a traditional stronghold of the Socialist Party.
The failure of the incumbent Socialist mayor Dora Yankova to win outright came as a shock for her and her party, not to mention her final defeat.
Over 2,000 jobs in Bulgaria’s coal sector have been lost amid the ongoing shift toward a low-carbon economy, CITUB President Plamen Dimitrov reported at a labor market forum focused on the energy transition
For weeks, the first confirmed deployment of hypersonic missiles in Europe outside Russia and Belarus has sparked intense debate among politicians and military analysts
On Wednesday, March 18, Bulgaria will experience mostly cloudy skies, according to the NIMH forecast. In southern regions, scattered rain showers are expected in the afternoon, while the mountainous areas will see light snow
Slava Racheva, a defining figure in Bulgarian puppet theatre and a performer cherished by generations, has passed away, the Sofia Puppet Theatre confirmed.
During a meeting in Brussels as part of the Foreign Affairs Council, Minister Nadezhda Neynsky held talks with the US Permanent Representative to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, focusing on the escalating situation in Iran and condemning Tehran’s attacks across t
Discussion around the admission of third-country workers to the Bulgarian labor market has intensified, often with emotions running high.
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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