GERB is to hold a national council today to discuss the results of the local elections and whether to extend its support for Nikolai Denkov's government. Party leader Boyko Borissov has instructed local structures to gather information on "what their..
There are no plans yet for a leadership meeting between the "We Will Continue - Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB) and GERB-SDS after the local elections, PP-DB co-leader Kiril Petkov said. "The Bulgarian government will inevitably have to hold talks," Mr..
Parliament in Serbia dissolved, early election called Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has dissolved the Narodna Skupstina, the parliament of Serbia, and has called an election for parliament on 17 December, Serbian national TV RTS reports...
In the first round of local elections, only 8 of the country's regional mayors were elected. A run-off will be held on November 5 in all the remaining 19 regional cities, including the three largest - Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. Local government is..
Two main questions dominated the first round of local elections. Will the cancellation of electronic voting just before the election lead to a voter mobilisation amid suspicions of a last-minute attempt to rig the vote? Will it lead to a change of..
"The subject must be undoubtedly literate, have a satisfactory command of beautiful handwriting, read quickly silently without staring, and most of all have a satisfactory command of simple calculations - the multiplication table and other arithmetic..
Three days before Bulgaria goes to the polls for local elections, a survey by Alpha Research shows that the candidate for mayor of Sofia, Vassil Terziev of We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) and Save Sofia, has the largest share of..
Conservatives cede Athens and Thessaloniki to left wing When the opposition rallied under the motto “everyone against the conservatives”, this brought about an unexpected turn in the results of the second round of the local elections in..
On the eve of the local elections in Bulgaria which will take place on October 29, suspicions of an organized documented internal migration of voters in order to influence the outcome of the election are again appearing. The phenomenon in question is..
A total of 5,257 are the populated places in Bulgaria, according to the data of the National Statistical Institute. Of these, there are 257 cities, 4998 villages, as well as the Klisura and Rila monasteries, which have the status of settlements. More..
Bulgaria is ahead of many countries in the world in terms of representation of women in parliament, as well as in high positions in the corporate sector..
Caretaker Minister of Education Galin Tsokov has assured that the nearly 20 million euros earmarked in the budget for higher education..
The long-awaited major renovation and restoration of the Central Sofia Market Hall (Tsentralni Hali) have now been completed. The first visitors will be..
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