Krassimir Karakachanov’s
ultra-nationalist VMRO party’s executive met on May 13 to discuss options for its approach to the July parliamentary elections, including standing alone or in a coalition with like-minded formations.
Ultra-nationalist parties won no seats in
Bulgaria’s April 4 parliamentary elections.
All other parliaments from 2005 onwards had included
ultra-nationalist parties, and in Boiko Borissov’s third cabinet, the “United Patriots” were the government minority partner.
The April elections saw VMRO come the closest, at 3.64 per cent, to surpassing the threshold of a four per cent share of votes to win seats in the National Assembly.
Kostadin Kostadinov’s pro-Russian Vuzrazhdane party got 2.45 per cent, the Volya-National Front for the Salvation of
At least 40% of the rose fields in our country this year may remain unharvested.
If this happens, already in the autumn some of the traditional growers of oil-bearing roses will destroy their plantations.
This was predicted by representative of the Association of Rose Producers on the Bulgarian National Radio. The reasons are low purchasing prices and lack of markets. This year s rose picking will start later and will be accompanied by serious problems, says producer Hristo Nikolov.
The processors offer a price of about BGN 1.60 per kilogram, which is about 40% less than expected. The Association of Rose Growers points out that there are few workers and no markets.
Galab Donev is a well-known expert in our circles and I believe that he will cope with the position of Minister of Labor and Social Policy. I hope that he will not succumb to the pressure of the street and to revanchist sentiments,.
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Changing the CEC was one of the goals of the Electoral Code amendments, the only major legislation
passed by the 45th National Assembly before it was dissolved, having failed to vote a new government in place.
With Radev setting the early parliamentary elections date for July 11, the new Commission will be tasked with implementing all the other changes to electoral law, including the use of machines as the primary means of voting and the possible increase in the number of voting precincts abroad.
CEC’s new head is Kamelia Neikova, who also served as a member and spokesperson of the elections body in 2014-2019.