... the vote. Analysts predict Radev will win, although Gerdzhikov is expected to accumulate more votes from the DPS voters, whose candidate achieved a 12% result.
Weekly - Новини
President Roumen Radev confirmed yesterday that he will be running
...... against the PM – assuming the photos are fake – nor as evidence, and also as a severe security breach – if they are authentic.
The next parliamentary elections in Bulgaria will be held on
...... well as for video surveillance of counting and processing the votes, in addition to other similar measures, like mobile election booths for people in quarantine.
The Bulgarian government announced Wednesday it will introduce new measures
...... are not underage. Pools will remain open following strict sanitary protocols. Theaters will also be able to hold performance but only at 30% audience capacity.
There is a severe personnel deficit in the emergency care
...... get through this pandemic,” referring to a recent idea for taxis, police cars and private ambulances to help the Emergency Care Center is transporting patients.
Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov announced Sunday afternoon he had tested
...... since the outbreak reached 37562 today, 18232 of those are currently active. Almost 2000 people with COVID-19 are receiving hospital care, 138 are in ICUs.
The director of one of the largest hospitals in Sofia
...... “I’m sorry to say the rest of my collegues, who work in the other wards have developed a relaxed approach [in the past two months].”
The largest parliamentary opposition the Bulgarian Socialist Party has tabled
...... been absent from all weekly parliamentary control sittings for a year. He has not attended a number of key debates and votes either, Ninova said.
In the past 24 hours Bulgaria registered a recorded high
...... Bulgaria since the end of summer, the Ministry of Healthcare denied the need for measures to slow the rate of spread of the novel coronavirus.
The European Parliament adopted an unprecedented Thursday with 358 votes
...... been made due to the CVN and calls for the Commission to continue monitoring the judicial reform and corruption in Bulgaria under the mechanism.
The European Parliament held a debate yesterday on the rule
...... fair, showing improvements are needed. However, government has advanced on many topics helping it towards . Protesters are respected but ordinary March elections will decide.
Bulgaria currently ranks eights in terms of fatality rate due
...... remain healthy until a vaccine is discovered, is for us to wear masks”, said the head of the Crisis Coronavirus Response Team Dr. Ventsislav Mutafchiyski.
The European Commission put the unaccountability and the untouchableness of
...... anticorruption institutions. Lack of results in the fight against corruption is one of the key aspects raised throughout the summer 2020 protests,” the report reads.
published yesterday rated Bulgaria as a country of high
...... new daily cases since early-mid August varied between 70 and 160; the percent of positive tests over the past week, for example, averaged at 4,2%.
PM Boyko Borissov announced that the construction of Russian gas
...... come on over and see what the failed state is doing.” The two regularly feud via the media; Radev is openly critical against this government.
In the third day of school several schools in three
...... people with COVID-19 are treated in hospitals, 43 are in ICUs. Since the outbreak, 739 people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Bulgaria.
September 16 marked the 70 th day of nation wide anti government protests
...... Ombudsman Maya Manolova, who joined the women in the building, said. The protesters said they were not permitted to use the bathroom in the building.
Members of the European Parliament are insisting on receiving answers
...... photos of a night stand full stacks of 500-Euro billsand gold bars, both of which are allegedly Borissov’s. The PM maintains the photos are manipulated.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament and leader of VOLYA Vesselin
...... Milanov refused to pay the 10’000-monthly fee, asked by Mareshki and Koleva, the two retaliated through administrative pressure: inquires, checks, power cuts and the like.
Thousands of Bulgarians gathered in the morning of September 10
...... theme among protesters has been the apparent unwillingness of the EU to take a side Or speak out on the Democratic crisis in the country.
A massive raid by several state authorities against the Bulgarian
...... detailed cases, but many other instances of Peevski or proxies undertaking similar acquisitions have also been reported on, leaving little wonder as to Mirchev’s claims.
The 56 day of national anti government protests were planned to
...... prevailed. The head of the Sofia Police Department Georgi Hadzhiev gave an emergency briefing during which he declared the “police have decided to use force”.
In the 54 day on nation wide anti government protests the leader
...... and media focus from the resignation demands. Now, a day before Parliament’s first day after summer break, Borissov will have to contemplate his next move.
Justice Minister Danail Kirilov resigned today after a one on
...... the idea for a new constitution during the second month of daily nation-wide antigovernment protests, demanding his, his Cabinet’s, and Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev’s resignations.
After repeated delays spanning almost a year the third line
...... of last year. Several delays followed: the date was first pushed to October, 2019, then to February 2020. Finally, the third line was opened today.
The governor of Sofia City Province Ilian Todorov of ruling
...... occupied by protesters this Thursday. Protesters blocked traffic with tires, tents, trash containers and the like. The police raided the site and removed the blockades.
Chief Health Inspector Dr Angel Kounchev announced to the Bulgarian
...... The country expects about 180’000 doses to be distributed for free among senior citizens and the same amount – to be available on the market.
Anti government protests demanding the Cabinet rsquo s resignation and that of Prosecutor
...... against which the protests are happening. The demands for both their stepping down is seen as the only possible first step towards achieving any change.
COVID 19 patients in Bulgaria who are treated in hospital dropped
...... active cases, which 9442 people with the infection have recovered since the beginning of the outbreak. 512 people with coronavirus have died, 14 since yesterday.
As promised earlier this week PM Boyko Borissov announced today
...... is that almost all of these amendments do not require a Grand Assembly to be convened at all. So why is Borissov aiming at one?
Bulgaria is in its 34th day of nation wide anti government protests
...... building was raided by special forces under orders of Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev and two of Radev’s staff were arrested. This ignited the protest further.
Ruling party GERB held a lsquo national conference rsquo yesterday in Sofia
...... General @IvanGeshevPG's press office of a declaration accusing @RFERL reporter Boris Mitov of manipulations and questioning his professionalism. An abuse of power that @RSF_inter condemns.
Bulgaria marked a new record in coronavirus deaths in the
...... Sofia: 430. As for the beds allocated for the treatment of cases, which do not require ventilation, 1137 are in Sofia, or about a sixth.
The government announced yesterday the second round of relief measures
...... as a 30% increase of unemployment benefits. 8 million leva will be spent to give out tourism vouchers of 210 leva to 38’000 medical workers.
Bulgaria surpassed today the 10 rsquo 000 coronavirus infections mark with 270
...... are hospitalized, 28 are in ICUs. 337 with the infection have died since the first cases were discovered in the country back on March 8.
Passing the two week mark of antigovernment protests across the country
...... stepped down. The event, which ignited the protests back in 2013 was the appointment of Peevski as head of the State Agency for National Security.
The largest antigovernment protests in the past seven years In
...... The protests first sparked at the attempt by the co-leader of the non-parliamentary liberal opposition Democratic Bulgaria, Hristo Ivanov to land on the beach where
In the largest wave of antigovernment protests Bulgaria in the
...... lock. GERB called for the three resignations to “refute the notion that GERB and these ministers are in direct dependency to DPS and Delyan Peevski.”
A day after Health Minister Kiril Ananiev pledged the government
...... to date rose to 6672. Of those 3181 are currently active. 525 are hospitalized, 28 are in ICUs. 262 people with the infection have died.
In an unprecedented move today the Prosecutor rsquo s Office backed by
...... meaning he had the final word on where public contracts end up. Media mogul and DPS MP Delyan Peevski is seen as his highest executive.
In the past three weeks save for a day Bulgaria
...... no clear definition for what constitutes an “escalation”, for him, passing the 200-threshold would be “a serious signal that the measures must be brought back.”
Last week tourists took to social media and posted alarming
...... be stopped altogether due to the violations regarding diggers in the area. It remained unclear how these activities apparently went on unnoticed by the authorities.
The government decided to make an exception for today rsquo s Bulgaria
...... expert to the committee for coronavirus to the government, Dr. Kosta Kostov, described the decision as a provocation against the efforts of all medical professionals.
The Specialized Court ruled innocent this Sunday publisher Ivo Prokopiev
...... Weekly and Dnevnik.bg – news outlets critical of those in power – it seemed obvious the trial is retaliatory and has no real legal merit.
In an interview from the NGO Anticorruption Fund Bulgarian entrepreneur
...... going to be dismissed on disciplinary grounds, but then-Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov prevented this and directed the Supreme Judicial Committee to vote his resignation instead.
Bulgarian Health Minister Kiril Ananiev reinstated the requirement for masks
...... the violation. Open air sport events will be held only at 50% spectator capacity, while football matches will allow only 1000 people per spectator area.
The Specialized Penal Court held a sitting till midnight on
...... EVN shares on the market. The charge rests on a statement Prokopiev made during one of the meetings of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation.
Between 80 and 130 new cases of coronavirus infections have
...... Three D’s, the PM urged – discipline, distance, disinfection. He argued reintroducing measures now would create panic and will have devastating effects on the economy.
While Vassil Bozhkov former gambling mogul turned fugitive in
...... Office caught up to this fact as well, although almost a full week later and an investigation of some kind is looking into the tapes.
Ecology Minister Emil Dimitrov told reporters today he has no
...... quickly closed the case, having found no violations. It effectively said the structure was not a building designed to house people but a retaining wall.