18 parties and 9 coalitions registered officially at the Central Election Commission for the forthcoming early Parliamentary elections due on March 26 this year. The registration deadline was February 8. The Central Election Commission announced that none of the parties and coalitions declared wrong data or filed document with wrong content. A total of 25 political formations, including 18 parties and 7 coalitions took part at the last Parliamentary elections in 2014. According to the latest sociological surveys, the electoral support towards the Bulgarian Socialist Party and GERB has almost reached parity. The forthcoming elections are due to the resignation of Boyko Borissov’s cabinet in mid-November 2016.
On Wednesday , the lowest temperatures will be between 7 and 12°C. In Sofia it will be around 8°C. Before noon it will be sunny. In the afternoon, rainy clouds will develop over the western massifs and there will be short-term rain..
The European Commission has announced that it has received a request from Bulgaria to revise its national recovery and resilience plan. The Commission will examine the request, submitted by the country on 16 April, and forward it to the EU Council for..
The state cannot afford to increase public sector salaries by 10% this year, as demanded by trade unions. This was stated by Social Affairs Minister Borislav Gutsanov. The minister pointed out that taxes had not been changed, while pensions had been..
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul at 12.49 local time and was felt to varying degrees across Bulgaria, BTA reported, citing the..
The full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area is strengthening the European Union's economy significantly. This is stated in a report..
Sofia has met the last criterion for entering the eurozone. After meeting the inflation criterion, the data on the budget deficit for..
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