Wed, Feb 08 2012
Ivan Krastev.
Photo: Цветелина Белутова
In the run-up to the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s national council meeting on July 18, opponents of Sergei Stanishev call for special national congress and Stanishev’s resignation, with one senior member saying some public attitudes to the party now run to hatred.
Leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms hits out at those who played ethnic card, says that this helped his support.
Election day 2009 saw countless reports of irregularities with most major parties accusing each other of vote-buying and other attempts to manipulate the election outcome.
A flustered Simeon Saxe-Coburg was indignant that he did not intend to leave the country after his party looks set to remain out of Parliament.
Dimitrov and Kostov told Bulgarian National Television that a government with GERB and the Blue Coalition would be the best solution for the country.
February 8 EC report notes a number of developments in Bulgaria’s progress in judicial reform, the fight against corruption and organised crime, but points to need for stronger action in a number of areas.
European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva says that it is ‘impressive’ that the support offered comes at a time when Italy and Poland themselves as struggling with the effects of the severe winter.
Bulgaria has requested assistance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva said that Bulgaria would most probably receive European aid but that it was also true that most of Europe was suffering from severe weather.
Education Minister decrees that from February 8 to 10 inclusive, all schools in Bulgaria will be closed.
In the Bulgarian stretch of the river, ice cover was reported on February 7 to have reached 80 per cent.