If early elections for parliament were to be held, GERB party would be first with 23.6% of the votes. The ruling We Continue the Change is second with 21.4%, indicates a survey by Trend agency, conducted from 5 to 12 July and commissioned by 24 Chasa newspaper. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms comes third with 10,7%, followed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party – 9.8%, Vazrazhdane – 9.6% and Democratic Bulgaria – 6.9%. The new party founded by former caretaker PM Stefan Yanev Bulgarski Vuzhod (Bulgaria on the rise) would garner 5.7% of the votes (the electoral threshold being 4%) and would enter the next parliament. Former coalition partner in the outgoing government There Is Such a People, ITN, marks a downturn, with 3.8% of the votes.
The government of outgoing PM Kiril Petkov is ending its tenure with an approval rating of 22%, and 70% disapproval. 45% say they expect the economic situation in the country to grow worse next year, 15% expect an improvement.
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev handed the first cabinet-forming mandate to Rossen Zhelyazkov who is the prime minister-designate of the largest parliamentary group-GERB-SDS. Rossen Zhelyazkov announced the structure and composition of the cabinet,..
As of today, the price of electricity for household consumers will rise by an average of 1.7%, while the price of central heating and hot water will decrease by 8.5%, the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission said. The biggest increase in..
Today, President Rumen Radev will hand over the first government-forming mandate to the candidate for Prime Minister nominated by the largest parliamentary group, GERB-SDS. Last week, Bulgaria’s head of state held consultations with the..
Bulgaria’s national team of mathematics put up an excellent performance at the Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad. Six Bulgarian students returned from..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev handed the first cabinet-forming mandate to Rossen Zhelyazkov who is the prime minister-designate of the largest..
On Tuesday the weather will be sunny and hot over most of the country. Clouds will form over Western and Central Bulgaria in the afternoon and there..
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