On November 10, 1989, at a plenum of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Todor Zhivkov was removed from the position of General Secretary - the highest position in the party and the state. What happened at the..
20.8% of Bulgarians say they want to live under authoritarian rule, another 10% are supporters of communism, indicates a survey conducted by Alpha Research agency commissioned by the Human and Social Studies Foundation-Sofia. 64% of the..
Bulgaria is facing the 7 th snap parliamentary election in a row in three years. The reason is that, once again, all three exploratory mandates for the formation of a cabinet which the president hands to parties represented in parliament have..
63% of Bulgarians over the age of 18 say democracy is the best form of governance, 19% hold the opposite view, indicates a survey by Trend agency, commissioned by Open Society Institute – Sofia. In 2023, trust in democracy is up compared to 2018 when..
Members and supporters of Vazrazhdane party have again blocked infrastructure facilities near the Bulgarian border - this time the crossroads near the Silistra - Kallarash border checkpoint, as well as the approach to the port of Varna - West. The..
In Bulgaria there are laws, the toolbox is there, but it is not being used, says Bernard Vatier, chairman of the Paris Bar. The International Bar Association Conference (CIB) he is chairman of initiated a conference in Sofia with a focus on fighting..
For her, as for most of her contemporaries, "democracy" has a special connotation. "I was very young when I first heard the word, and I feel that it has always been a part of my life," she recalls. Meet Danita Zarichinova - environmentalist, civil..
On this day in 1989, the November plenum of the Central Committee (CC) of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) accepted the resignation of Todor Zhivkov as Secretary General of the CC of the BCP, after ruling the country for 35 years. The demand..
Representatives of the Venice Commission will arrive in Sofia to discuss with the Bulgarian institutions the project to change the Constitution, submitted by the ruling majority and the MRF party . Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council will elect six of..
When asked "In which historical period would you like to live if you have a choice?", 32.6% of Bulgarians refer to the time of socialism. 28.1% refer to the early democracy after 1989, indicates data of a representative survey by the National..
