The 240 legislators from eight parties and coalitions were unable to secure a simple majority for any candidate. On Monday, Bulgaria’s newly-elected National Assembly held its first session amid internal disputes and public protests. It failed to elect a chairperson despite a constitutional requirement to do so at the first session since being elected at […]

The latest polls predict that the ‘Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria’ Party will once again win the election. On Sunday, Bulgarians went to the polls to vote in the country’s early parliamentary elections, the seventh in three and a half years. Nearly 6.6 million voters are eligible to elect 240 lawmakers among 4,854 candidates […]

“It is the last chance for this National Assembly to elect a government,” he said. On Monday, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev asked There Is Such People (ITN) party to nominate a prime minister candidate and to try to form a government, in a last bid to avoid another early parliamentary election. RELATED: Türkiye, Bulgaria, and […]

In January, these countries signed an agreement to address the mine threat arising from the Ukrainian conflict. On Monday, the Black Sea Mine Countermeasure Task Group, a trilateral effort by Türkiye, Bulgaria, and Romania, launched its mission to locate and neutralize drifting mines in the Black Sea. RELATED: Russian Missiles Destroy Five Ukrainian Fighter Planes […]

On Tuesday, hundreds of farmers blocked traffic in the streets of downtown Sofia to demand compensation from the Bulgarian government for the losses they are suffering due to the effects of the war in Ukraine. RELATED: Russia Sought Peaceful Solution to Problems in Ukraine: Putin This new protest comes a day after the government and […]