As the first round of the local elections scheduled for October 27 approaches, the number of reports of vote buying incidents have increased, Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior Mladen Marinov announced in an interview for BTV. Minister Marinov rejected the accusations of the opposition that no reports of vote buying against the ruling parties have been checked and added that 6 such reports were checked on October 22 only. The competent authorities detained candidates for mayors and municipal councilors in the Black Sea resort Nesebar. In the towns of Nesebar and Gorna Oryahovitsa the authorities are investigating cases related to crimes against the electoral rights of the citizens, Minister Mladenov specified.
The cities of Sofia, Rotterdam and Cascais will compete for the title of "European Capital of Democracy" in 2026 . The selection will take place until March 12, 2025, by over 4,500 juries in 47 countries. Barcelona was the winner of the title in..
A surprising meeting, personally I think it should take place with all leaders within the EU and the UK. This was commented to BTA by Vice President Iliana Iotova on the occasion of the meeting of European leaders on Ukraine convened by French..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The Finance Ministry has confirmed that Minister Petkova will participate in the Eurogroup meeting on 17..
Kristiyan Vladov and Stefan Kyurkchiev of the Plovdiv Museum of Natural History are working on a project to bring live fish from the southern Arctic..
The one-year anniversary of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked with a memorial service in Sofia's St Nedelya Cathedral. It..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The..
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