At the end of the year, the political figures with the highest approval rating among Bulgarians are President Rumen Radev, Ombudsman Maya Manolova and Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, indicate data from the latest Gallup International survey, conducted in the 30 November -7 December period. In December, trust in the government stood at 31 percent.
57 percent of the respondents say they have confidence in President Rumen Radev, the approval rating for Maya Manolova is 51 percent, and for Yordanka Fandakova – 40 percent. Confidence in PM Boyko Borissov is also comparatively high – 33 percent. Vice President Iliana Iotova has a personal approval rating of 25 percent.
Approval in several other political figures is also relatively high – Lilyana Pavlova, Krasimir Karakachanov, Mariya Gabriel, Tomislav Donchev, Kornelia Ninova and Ekaterina Zaharieva. The presidential institution is closing the year with an approval rating of 56 percent.
According to Gallup International we are seeing a wearing down of support, customary for any administration, though there are a sufficient number of signs that GERB party has a long-lasting influence.
As is the tradition, parliament has a lower approval rating than the government at the end of the year – 70 percent of respondents have given a negative assessment, as against 22 percent with a positive assessment.
Bulgaria and Romania continue to dominate the outsourced business services sector in Southeast Europe, with Bucharest and Sofia hosting 43% of the region's suppliers. This is stated in a report on the outsourcing industry in Southeast Europe 2023. It was..
The first lawsuit requesting a partial annulment of the elections is already a fact. Shortly after "There is Such a People" party submitted a request to challenge the legality of the election of MPs in 52 polling stations in the early..
No arrests have been made for last night's riots in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theater in Sofia during a protest against the new prodution "Guns and the Man", directed by John Malkovich. This was announced to BNT by the Minister of Internal..
A second night of protests took place outside the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia, but this time there were no physical confrontations. The protest..
It is obvious that there is something wrong with the way the elections were held , Vice President Iliana Iotova told BNT. A few days ago, she described..
The Ministry of the Interior is working on a detailed report on the early parliamentary elections held on 27 October this year. It will include the..
+359 2 9336 661