Bulgarian Socialist Party leadership election result means no change – literally

The sole interesting thing about the Bulgarian Socialist Party leadership election result, which according to the party’s election commission saw incumbent Kornelia Ninova returned with 81.5 per cent, was that one of her rivals said that her percentage was similar to that won by Lukashenko. Not intended as a flattering comparison.

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Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Clive Leviev-Sawyer is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Sofia Globe. He is the author of the book Bulgaria: Politics and Protests in the 21st Century (Riva Publishers, 2015), and co-author of the book Bulgarian Jews: Living History (The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria 'Shalom', 2018). He is also the author of Power: A Political Novel, available via amazon.com, and, on the lighter side, Whiskers And Other Short Tales of Cats (2021), also available via Amazon. He has translated books and numerous texts from Bulgarian into English.