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Bulgaria
Burgas, Bulgaria's fourth-largest city, held a referendum February 17 asking its residents to vote in favor or against plans for an oil pipeline passing through the municipality. The first referendum in Bulgaria since the collapse of the communist regime failed due to low voter turnout.
An increasing number of local governments have been affected by the deluge of appeals filed against the results of the October 25th local elections and November 4th run-offs. Officials announced on Monday (November 12th) that a record 438 appeals have been reported so far...
In nine major regional centres the citizens have elected their mayors in the first round. In Sofia incumbent mayor Boyko Borissov from GERB got re-elected with 53.43% of the votes.
Polling agencies released surveys backing Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov to win re-election, although they disagreed on whom the incumbent would face in a run-off and his chances for a landslide victory.
On Tuesday, Bulgarian parliament decided on no-confidence vote, filed by opposition last week. With the 168-seat majority in Bulgaria's 240-seat assembly, the cabinet survived, although the situation in the country remains tensed.
Bulgaria's Parliament decided Thursday to fix a one-year prison sentence for citizens, who sell their votes during pre-election campaigns. The proposal has been made by Maya Manolova, a representative of the socialist party...
The leader of the Citizens for Bulgaria's European Development party, Boyko Borisov, submitted an official request on Monday (August 13th) to run for a second mandate as Sofia's mayor. Local elections are slated for October 28th.
Borisov is popular in Bulgaria, and hopes to receive support from rightist parties, as well as the nationalist party VMRO.
The die-hard rightist party Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) and the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) announced are to nominate common candidates at the forthcoming local elections. The former prime minister and leader of DSB Ivan Kostov and UDF's Chairman Plamen Yurukov called on the members...
Bulgarian lawmakers created a legal contradiction when they refused to deny Bulgarian citizens residing outside the country the right to vote in local elections, effectively cancelling out another amendment passed a day earlier.
The new chairman of Bulgaria's centre-right Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), Plamen Yurukov, has officially taken over as party leader from Petar Stoyanov on Monday. Yurukov takes over with only months left before the local polls, which will test his ability to distance himself from the failings of his predecessors.
Country
About country
Country: Bulgaria
Capital: Sophia
Population: 7,796,694
Head of the state: President elected popularly
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Legislation
Available in English
Elections of Members of Parliament Act, Promulgated State Gazette No. 37/13.04.2001
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