The candidate of PP-DB and "Save Sofia", Vasil Terziev, who has 31.8% of the votes in Sofia and the candidate of "BSP for Bulgaria", Vanya Grigorova, with 21.59% support will compete for the mayoral seat in the runoff on Sunday, according to 100 percent processed protocols in the Municipal Election Commissions. GERB candidate Anton Hekimyan remains third with 17.8%.
PP-DB and "Save Sofia" will have 23 municipal councilors, GERB-SDS - 14, "BSP for Bulgaria" - 9, "Vazrazhdane" - 8, ITN and "Blue Sofia" - three each, VMRO - 1.
In Plovdiv, GERB candidate Kostadin Dimitrov reached the second round of the local elections with 33.7% of the votes and Ivaylo Staribratov has 17.9%.
The current mayor of Varna, Ivan Portnih, with the support of 26.57%, will face his opponent from PP-DB Blagomir Kotsev with 21.56%.
Minister of Tourism Miroslav Borshosh and Marton Nagy - Minister of National Economy of Hungary signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of tourism. The Memorandum focuses on the exchange of information and experience in tourism, including..
Swedish authorities have detained a ship suspected of sabotaging an undersea fiber optic cable in the Baltic Sea. The ship is the Bulgarian vessel Vezhen, which was in the area at the time of the damage. It sails under the Maltese flag and is owned by..
China has banned the import of sheep, goats, poultry and equines from African, Asian and European countries. The ban from the world's largest meat importer affects Ghana, Somalia, Qatar, Congo, Nigeria and Tanzania, Egypt, Palestine, Pakistan,..
''Bulgaria has welcomed with great relief and joy the release of Bulgarian citizen Daniela Gilboa, who had been held captive by Hamas. This positive..
The Bulgarian National Radio has presented its annual journalism awards "Sirak Skitnik". The grand prize went to Tsveti Radeva, host of the folk music..
By the end of next week, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) will send the government its proposals to be..
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