Ataka and Order Law and Justice parties stage symbolic blockades at Bulgaria’s borders with Turkey on eve of July 5 2009 parliamentary election, while reports record influx of would-be voters and, it is claimed, flights are being chartered from Turkey.
Jul 03 2009 18:32 CET
by Clive Leviev-Sawyer
In a blow against a problem that has been plaguing Bulgaria’s elections, State Agency for National Security and Interior Ministry say several people in a ‘major criminal organisation’ have been arrested for vote-buying, on the eve of the July 5 vote.
Jul 03 2009 18:08 CET
by Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Barometer Info survey on July 3 2009, just ahead of the eve of Bulgaria’s national parliamentary elections, gives GERB 27.05 per cent and Sergei Stanishev’s Coalition for Bulgaria 19.09 per cent.
Jul 03 2009 15:18 CET
by Nick Iliev
The exact number of people sacked from duty out of the 600 who refused to go to work on Monday is undisclosed, although reports claim that as of June 3 at least four people were told they were surplus to requirements.
Jul 03 2009 14:45 CET
by Marin Lessenski
Open your mind and face the unknown: the 2009 general elections in Bulgaria.
Jul 03 2009 14:39 CET
by The Sofia Echo staff
City halls have the power to decide the time frame of the ban on alcohol in stores, bars and restaurants
Jul 03 2009 10:05 CET
by Clive Leviev-Sawyer
GERB wants a victory in Bulgaria’s July 5 2009 elections that will enable it to rule alone, and will decline to form a government unless it achieves this or cannot make a coalition deal with the Blue Coalition, Boiko Borissov says.
Jul 03 2009 10:00 CET
by The Sofia Echo staff
Microsoft Bulgaria general manager Ognyan Kiryakov delivered an encouraging message to graduating students at the June 28 Commencement Ceremony of the City University of Seattle