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The 2021 Bulgarian election produced a fragmented result, with six different parties entering parliament. The country’s incumbent Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, has already indicated that he will not put himself forward as a candidate to lead the next government.
Ivaylo Dinev
Petar Bankov
assess the options for a new coalition and what failure to reach an agreement would mean for the country’s future.
The election held in Bulgaria on 4 April produced a fragmented parliament with no clear winners, making government formation a challenging task. The centre-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) and its leader, Boyko Borisov, have seen their grip on power weakened as a result of their handling of the pandemic and major anti-government protests that took place last year.
Send to Kindle One of the parameters we monitor shows when the spread of the infection goes from cluster to diffuse. The critical areas are Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. In all these areas, the situation is not good and the situation is getting worse. This was stated on NOVA by the mathematician and member of the National Operational Staff Prof. Nikolay Vitanov. He explained that the critical value of the basic reproductive number is 1.3. The reproductive number shows how many people are infected by a coronavirus carrier. In two weeks with such values - everything thunders. Yesterday we were with this value, and today the number is 1.24 , Prof. Vitanov was categorical. According to him, 13 districts are expected to face serious problems with the infection next week. These are: Burgas, Veliko Tarnovo, Vratsa, Sofia-city, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pleven, Silistra, Sofia-region, Smolyan, Haskovo and Shumen. The situation in Gabrovo, Razgrad and Ruse will deteriorate
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control over observance of anti-epidemic measures will be uncompromising, the first to see it will be the owners of the large retail chains. In order to be warned in person, their owners will be called for a meeting with the Minister of Economy Lachezar Borisov.
Chief Health Inspector Angel Kunchev broke the news during the traditional weekly briefing of the National Operational Staff today. Apart from medical experts, Lachezar Borisov and Minister of Labor Denitsa Sacheva took part in it. We are doing this to agree on the strict implementation of the measures, as under the previous order we have witnessed quite gross violations that we have no intention of tolerate now. The owners should be aware that if we find such breaches, we will be forced to stop their work , stressed Angel Kunchev.
The current
anti-epidemic measures which were introduced on 27 November 2020 to apply till 31 January 2021, proposed the National Operative Staff and Health Minister Kostadin Angelov after the meeting with Premier Boyko Borissov.
Exceptions will be made for students from 1st to 4th grade, kindergartens and dining areas in hotels.
As early as last week, the Prime Minister requested a report on the effectiveness of
anti-epidemic measures and an expert opinion on their results, given the current situation with COVID-19. The public expects of us to be informed in the coming days and in due course about what we intend to do solely on the basis of medical expertise - according to the number of infected, the recovered, etc. , said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at the beginning of the meeting.
Bulgaria to extend anti-coronavirus measures until end of January themayor.eu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from themayor.eu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.