Bulgarians Join Balkan Protest Against Soaring Food Prices
Bulgaria has joined Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro in organizing protests against rising food prices
The largest opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will negotiate with other left parties on the nomination of a joint candidate to contest the forthcoming presidential elections in the autumn.
After a meeting of the political council of the “BSP-Left Bulgaria” coalition on Saturday, thirteen of the parties constituting the coalition agreed to jointly contest the presidential elections.
The newly elected leader of BSP, Korneliya Ninova, was granted mandate to negotiate with other left parties on the nomination of a joint presidential candidate.
On Tuesday, the Socialists will hold a meeting with the parliamentary represented Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (ABV), a splinter of BSP headed by former President Georgi Parvanov.
Also on Tuesday, BSP will hold negotiations with Movement 21, a party founded by former Socialist MP Tatyana Doncheva.
The meeting with representatives of VMRO, one of the constituent parts of the Patriotic Front (PF), which supports the coalition government, will be held on Wednesday..
At the first round of talks, the participants will discuss the platform, the political framework for contesting the presidential elections and the profile of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
Candidates have to express the national interest, to conduct balanced foreign policy and to unite the nation. They have to be patriots and proponents of the policies typical of the left political spectrum.
Until the end of next week, a second round of negotiations will take place.
Bulgaria’s toll system now has the technical capability to track average vehicle speeds, as announced by the National Toll Management following a meeting with Regional Development Minister Violeta Koritarova.
The income required to cover living expenses for a working individual and a three-member family with a child under 14 has remained almost unchanged compared to June, according to an analysis by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CI
The Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution to set the minimum wage at 1,077 leva, reflecting a 15.
Every 20 minutes, fire alerts are received from across Bulgaria.
I feel no moral guilt towards anyone. This was stated by Kiril Petkov, answering a question whether he would apologize to the Bulgarian people for violating the Constitution.
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