Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov resorted to heavy anti-communist rhetoric, typical of the early 1990s, in a speech in the European Parliament on Thursday (21 March). Borissov, who arrived the same day for the two-day…
By Krassen Nikolov The ruling party GERB and the small right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) will run in coalition for the upcoming European elections. The agreement was signed this morning (20 March) between the…
Sergei Stanishev is the leader of the Party of European Socialists (PES), but his authority in his home country Bulgaria is contested. Stanishev was the Prime Minister of Bulgaria when the country joined the EU…
By Krassen Nikolov On Thursday (14 March), Vesselin Mareshki, the leader of the populist party “Volya”, and his eleven MPs, announced that they were leaving the parliament. Thus Mareshki would leave the functioning of the…
By Krassen Nikolov EPP President Joseph Daul called the Bulgarian political parties of the European right to run united for the European elections. The Bulgarian members of the EPP are the ruling party GERB, Bulgaria…
By Georgi Gotev Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB), a small party affiliated to EPP, has sent a letter, asking for the expulsion of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party from the centre-right European political family, the website…
Our distinguished contributor Valia Ahchieva was asked to stop contributing to media other than the Bulgarian National Television (BNT), although BNT has put down her weekly program. In fact, Ahchieva contributes only to EUelectionsBulgaria.com. Several…
By Krassen Nikolov In Bulgaria, the European elections are seen as a test for Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, at a time when his conservative GERB party are polling neck-and-neck with the socialists. The ruling coalition…
Tzvetan Tzvetanov, number 2 in Boyko Borissov’s GERB party, said on Sunday (10 February) he was “convinced” that Russia will meddle in this year’s elections in Bulgaria. In May Bulgarians will vote in European elections,…
Eugenia Baneva is an illustrious Bulgarian business lady who was arrested in August last year at the airport in Nice at the request of the authorities in Sofia. Four months later, Baneva was transferred to…
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