The Central Election Commission held a draw to determine the order in which the political forces and the presidential candidates will appear on the ballot papers for the two-in-one elections on November 14. Representatives of the political parties, coalitions and initiative committees that nominated the candidates were present.
Bulgaria’s head of state Rumen Radev and this country’s Vice-President Iliana Yotova will participate at the forthcoming Presidential elections under No 6. Professor Anastas Gerdzhikov and Colonel Nevyana Miteva are to take part at the Presidential elections under No 15. Lozan Panov and Maria Kasimova-Moase will participate at the elections under No 19. Mustafa Karadayi will participate at the Presidential elelctions under No 17. Yolo Denev and Mario Filev, nominated by an initiative committee, will participate at the elections under No 1.
The coalition GERB/SDS will participate at the early general elections under No 33 and the Bulgarian Socialist Party- with No 33. "There is Such a People" party will appear on the ballot paper under No 24 and the coalition "Democratic Bulgaria" will participate at the snap election under No 30. "We Continue the Change" will participate at the Parliamentary elections under No 25 and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms- under No 17.
The ruling party and the opposition argued about the procedure for the Budget Committee meeting before the final vote on the 2006 budget . Assen Vassilev, chairman of the We Continue the Change party, attempted to block the committee’s extraordinary..
Employees in the agriculture and forestry sector staged a protest in front of the Parliament, demanding higher salaries for workers in departments that are secondary budget administrators. The protest was organized by the National Federation of..
Judges have opposed the introduction of a new antivirus agent on their computers. The magistrates fear that it could violate personal data protection rules and compromise the independence of the judiciary. In an official letter, the Bulgarian..
Two billion euros in additional state guarantees and a concession of the Bulgarian Sports Totalizator are part of changes to the draft..
On Wednesday , the lowest temperatures will be between 3 and 8°C. In the regions with strong wind it will be up to 10-12°C. In Sofia it..
Illegal migrants from Syria, Iraq and Iran have been discovered in Sofia, and ten members of an organised criminal group have been arrested , Deputy City..
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