By Krassen Nikolov The party of former president Georgi Parvanov “Alternative for Bulgarian Revival” (ABV) is using hybrid tricks vis-à-vis the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) just ahead of the European elections. ABV will appear in…
By Krassen Nikolov Tzvetan Tzvetanov, who is the leader of the GERB’s parliamentary group and the right-hand of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, announced he is leaving parliament. The reason is the suspicious purchase of an…
By Georgi Gotev Rumen Cholakov, the chairman of Millennium Club Bulgaria, announced on Wednesday (March 27th) that the non-governmental organisation he represents is making “a proposal that has never been done in Bulgarian politics.” Under…
By Krassen Nikolov Last February, the Bulgarian Parliament decided to abolish the paper ballots and to introduce the machine voting for all national elections after 2020. The change in the law was imposed by the…
An opinion by Georgi Gotev Thanks to the so-called “Mobility package”, Bulgarians have a much better understanding of who their MEPs are, and how the European Parliament functions. Among the controversial reforms in the package…
By Georgi Gotev The Bulgarian Prosecutor-General’s Office said it has launched an investigation into a real estate deal by Tzvetan Tzvetanov, the deputy chairman of the ruling GERB party. According to an investigation by Radio…
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…
An exclusive interview by Krassen Nikolov Svetoslav Malinov is a member of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria and part of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. He is one of the likely leaders of…
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…
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