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UPDATE 1-Bulgarias ruling GERB extends lead ahead of Sundays vote, COVID could hit turnout Reuters 18 hrs ago * Ruling GERB appears favourite to win most votes * No clear majority coalition in a fragmented parliament (Adds Trend Research group opinion poll) SOFIA, April 1 (Reuters) - Bulgarias ruling centre-right GERB party has extended its lead over the opposition Socialists ahead of Sundays parliamentary election but is set to fall short of a majority as smaller parties win seats, two polls...

Four in ten Bulgarians would be willing to vote for a political party with a positive message on LGBTI rights, according to a survey commissioned by GLAS Foundation and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. A total of 34.8 per cent of the respondents in the poll said that they would vote for a political party supporting LGBTI rights if their positions on other important issues aligned, while 6.4 per cent said that they would back a party with a pro-LGBTI position unconditionally. However, 38.3 per cent of ...

Three days before the start of the election campaign for the 45th National Assembly, Alpha Research polling agency published a survey of electoral attitudes, co-financed by the agency and bTV. The coalition GERB-Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) registers 28.5% support, followed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) with 23.2%. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (12.5%) and “There are such people” (13.3%) are vying for third place. Six or seven formations look lik...

In an effort to boost vaccination rates among a skeptical public, Bulgaria has opened up COVID-19 inoculations to all who want them — with many waiting in line for hours to receive a first dose.

Send to Kindle There are three possible election results depending on the turnout in election day according to Alpha Research Agency. The most likely scenario at the moment is after the upcoming elections on April 4 to have a fragmented parliament with 5 to 7 parties. This was announced to the Bulgarian National Radio by the sociologist Boryana Dimitrova from the Alpha Research Agency. There are two more options, the determining and unpredictable factor being the turnout. "COVID-19 can affec...

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Day 348 published on 2/18/21 5:37 PM | updated on 2/18/21 7:40 PM Photo: BTA Half of the countrys districts are now in the red zone: Weekly briefing of the National Coronavirus Operational Headquarters The incidence of coronavirus cases has increased by 24% this week compared to the previous seven days and half of the countrys districts are now in the red zone, Gen. Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Head of the National Operational Headquarters, said. Last week...

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) opened on February 8 the registration of political parties and coalitions for participation in the April 4 National Assembly elections. In recent years, traditionally the first to register was Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, with the documents being delivered by the then-head of the party’s election campaign staff, Tsvetan Tsvetanov. Tsvetanov, who now has his own Republicans for Bulgaria party, had intended to cock a snook at GERB ...

Send to Kindle Joe Bidens election as President of the United States has sparked positive reactions across Europe, where both citizens and politicians seem equally relieved by the “changing of the guards” in the White House. A recent survey by the European Council on Foreign Policy (ECFP) found that 53% of citizens of 11 European countries think Biden will bring positive change to their countries, while 54% say Trump has destabilized the world. The difference with Bulgarian public opinion i...

Bulgarias President Rumen Radev announced on Thursday that he has set an April 4 date for the countrys next general election.

Dnevnik More than 40 percent of Bulgarians expect that there will be no landslide winner in the upcoming parliamentary elections, they rather think that several parties will have close results. In this situation, an equal number of people are to form governing coalitions with the political formations garnering the most votes - GERB and BSP.  The next parliament will be fragmented - most likely it will comprise six parties that will have difficulty in forming a cabinet. Three months befor...