Fri, Feb 10 2012
The Blue Coalition's Dimitrov and Kostov.
Photo: Anelia Nikolova
Boiko Borissov
Photo: Георги Кожухаров
Gallup says voter turnout in Bulgaria’s national parliamentary elections could reach up to 60 per cent. In the country’s European Parliament elections in June 2009, it was just less than 40 per cent.
Sergei Stanishev’s Bulgarian Socialist Party would get 16 per cent if elections were held today, MBMD survey says.
Opinion agencies, in separate surveys, say that Boiko Borissov’s GERB will get from 26 to 30 per cent of the vote.
A picture emerges of the voter likely to support Borissov’s party in Bulgaria’s July 5 elections, while speculation on possible coalitions continues apace.
Hristo Kovachki’s political project gathers pace amid accusations of a ‘controlled vote’.
Opposition parties stuck in talks on joint candidates who could be the answer to their prayers.
Particular attention will be paid to assessing the election campaign, new legal provisions and the electoral environment in the regions populated by ethnic minorities
The timetable for the class of 2009, from the first sitting to voting on a new European Commission.
With 361 votes separating it from a second MEP seat, the Blue Coalition will ask for a manual recount of the votes cast in the June 7 elections for European Parliament
Mutual finger-pointing among parties leaves few exempt from allegations of vote-buying; electoral commission says all reports have been forwarded to law enforcement authorities.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party's coalition, which placed second in country's European Parliament elections, will improve its showing in July 2009 national parliamentary elections, Sergei Stanishev says.
'I have no sick ambition to be Prime Minister,' Borissov says, after European Parliament results confirm ascendancy of his party ahead of July 2009 national parliamentary elections.
GERB leader Boiko Borissov attacks the 'national' campaign of the ruling Socialists and declares satisfaction with result
Current results should not be extrapolated to national elections, Bulgaria needs a stable, capable government fast, Stanishev said.
Works will be reviewed by a group of judges, and winners will receive certificates and prizes.
Seven arrested, including ‘The Squirrel’ who was found in possession of 10 00 euro, Interior Ministry says. Mobile phones, computer equipment and drug paraphernalia seized.
Maximum temperatures across the country will remain mostly below zero.
The first tremor was at about 12.34am, followed by another three minutes later. Their epicentres were located between the towns of Radnevo and Topolovgrad.
There was no risk of blackouts caused by insufficient power supply, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov told Bulgarian National Radio.
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