If elections were to be held today, 6 parties would enter parliament, a survey conducted in December by Mediana agency shows. The margin between GERB and We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) has widened to 8%, with 22.9% of the respondents saying they would vote for GERB and 15.6% - for PP/DB. 13.5% would vote for Vazrazhdane, 12.2% for the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), 11.3% for the Bulgarian Socialist Party, and 5.9% for There Is Such a People (ITN). None of the Above garners 10%.
Confidence in the government of Nikolai Denkov is low at 3.1 out of 6. The work of the cabinet is harmful to the country, according to 51% of the respondents, 18% say it brings benefits to the country, 27% of the respondents say they do not want new elections, but 41% now say they prefer to go to the polls, shows the survey conducted by Mediana using its own resources.
Bulgarian tour operators and travel agents are hoping the new parliament will reconsider the decision to revert to the higher VAT (20%) for the industry as of 1 July. They are insisting that tourist packages be subject to 9% VAT until the end of..
The first joint operation of the newly formed Mine Counter Measures Task Group Black Sea involving Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania is to take place July 2-16, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The last time such an operation was carried..
On 2 July, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is to take part in the opening of the 28th Annual Economist Government Roundtable, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The international forum brings together state leaders from Greece and the region,..
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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