Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: In Sofia, Fandukova vs Manolova
As was expected, the October 27 mayoral election vote in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia opened the way for a second-round
Read more
Bulgaria
Domestic politics, stories of relevance to expatriates, organised crime and corruption, judiciary, foreign policy and popular topics such as archaeology and weather
Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Borissov sees ‘unprecedented victory’ over socialists
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party that is the majority partner in government, told journalists
Read more
Bulgarian 2019 local elections: BSP claims it has ‘returned to municipal government’
In the first 90 minutes after the announcement of exit poll results after Bulgaria’s October 27 local elections, it was
Read more
Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: A bad night for ultra-nationalists
Exit polls after voting ended in Bulgaria’s mayoral elections on October 27 2019 showed that it had been a bad
Read more
Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Exit polls show GERB the winner, but weakened
The first exit poll results released after voting ended in Bulgaria’s mayoral and municipal elections on October 27 showed that
Read more
Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Two websites fined for posting exit polls before voting ends
As voting proceeded in Bulgaria’s October 27 local elections, at least three media ignored a call by the Central Election
Read more
Bulgarian PM accuses President of campaigning on election day
Few occasions, political or otherwise, can pass in Bulgaria without its Prime Minister and President getting into a tangle. October
Read more
Archaeology: 2nd Century CE statuette of Roman goddess Cybele found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Archaeologists working at the Forum site in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv have found a marble statuette of the Roman goddess
Read more
EASC warns on risks of not opening EU membership talks with North Macedonia
The refusal by the European Union to open membership talks with the Republic of North Macedonia has led to an
Read more