On Friday Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev is to hand in the first exploratory mandate for establishment of a new cabinet within the current National Assembly to GERB party. According to previous announcements of GERB members, that party will probably return the exploratory mandate to Bulgaria’s head of state. In that case, President Plevneliev will hand in the mandate to the second-biggest political party-the Bulgarian Socialist Party. If BSP also refuses to accept the mandate, the exploratory mandate will be given to a third political party represented at the National Assembly. If that party also refuses to form a cabinet, the newly-elected President Rumen Radev will have to dissolve the country’s Parliament and appoint early Parliamentary elections when he assumes office at the end of January 2017.
Sofia-bound traffic along Struma motorway is slow, drivers have been posting on Facebook. Drivers in this region should drive carefully due to the challenging weather conditions. The Road Infrastructure Agency has announced no roads in the..
Caretaker PM Dimitar Glavchev has met in Sofia with acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security Adam Hunter. During the meeting it was acknowledged that the US remains engaged in the partnership process..
Half of Bulgarians consider adapting to climate change to be a national priority, indicates a European Investment Bank (EIB) poll. First-hand experiences of extreme weather events add to the sense that urgent action is required. 94% of the..
The chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party-United Left urged the political forces in the new parliament to put their party selfishness aside so..
A government can be formed without DPS – A New Beginning, the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms, Vazrazhdane and MECH. All others can form a..
After two rounds of voting, the 51 st parliament failed to elect a National Assembly president. None of the candidates nominated – Natalia..
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