Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Press Review

Photo: Maria Peeva

Bulgaria’s Printed media accentuate on Friday on the ongoing scandals related to the photos in the social networks of public figures making Nazi salutes. GERB showed a yellow card to the Patriots due to the jokes and the Nazi salutes made by their representatives, Trud daily frontpages a headline on May 19. The newspaper notes that the Chairman of the parliamentary group pf GERB party Tsvetan Tsvetanov has apologized on behalf of the ruling coalition for that scandal and showed a yellow card to his coalition partners-the United Patriots. Only one day after former Deputy Minister Pavel Tenev left the cabinet due to a Nazi salute uploaded in his Facebook profile another patriot was dismissed by the Bulgarian government. Premier Boiko Borissov ordered the dismissal of the Director of the Social Activities Department at the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense Ivo Antonov. Antonov was fired due to photo of a Nazi salute made next to a Nazi Maybach tank, Trud daily informs on its first pages on Friday. We will not tolerate such photos and statements. Premier Borissov will not put up with such people in the government, the Chairman of GERB parliamentary group Tsvetan Tsvetanov said categorically, quoted by Trud. Standard daily published the position of Deputy Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms Hamid Hamid who insists that all members of the United Patriots together with Deputy Premier Valeri Simeonov should leave the country’s government. 24 Chassa daily notes that Valeri Simeonov was ready to hand in his resignation, but only if his resignation had been demanded by the United Patriots coalition and by their coalition partners (GERB). In that case I would resign immediately, Valeri Simeonov says. However, I would not resign at the request of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Valeri Simeonov further points out, 24 Chassa informs.

English version: Kostadin Atanasov


Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

(L to R) Atanas Atanasov, Kiril Petkov, Bozhidar Bozhanov, Nikolai Denkov from PP/DB

PP/DB: Boyko Borissov as PM is absolutely unacceptable

“We find the proposal of Boyko Borissov as premier of Bulgaria absolutely unacceptable, we are not going to be involved in any trading in positions.” This is the answer We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) gave to the proposal by GERB..

published on 11/26/24 9:12 AM

Weather forecast: Sunny weather, fog in some parts

During the night, the weather will be predominantly clear and calm. There will be fog or low clouds before midday in parts of the lowlands, valleys and around water basins. Minimum temperatures minus 4-1° C., for Sofia around minus 2° C. On..

published on 11/25/24 6:15 PM

Ursula von der Leyen mentions Bulgarian girl Debora on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Bulgarian Debora Mihaylova , who was brutally slashed with a mock knife by her boyfriend Georgi Georgiev , is one of the victims of violence mentioned by Ursula von der Leyen in her address on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of..

published on 11/25/24 5:09 PM