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17 May 2013, Issue 3652

by Novinite.com

Bulgaria's Daily Newspaper since 2001

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Bulgarian Electoral Body: No Reason to Cancel Vote


The results of Bulgaria’s May 12 general election should not be canceled, according to a member of the country’s electoral body. read

Bulgarian Ex-Rulers Swear to God They Didn't Attempt Voting Fraud


Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has declared that he does not know the owner of the printing house from which a total of 350 000 illegal ballots were seized ahead of the May 12 general election in the country. read

Bulgarian Ex-PM to Get Rid of Embattled Aide in Future Cabinet


Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has declared that controversial ex-Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov will not be part of his potential new government. read

MORE TOP NEWS Stanishev: Ex-PM Seeks to Stir Chaos in Bulgaria! Bulgarian Ex-Top Cop Vows to Give Up Immunity Bulgarian President Reiterates Call for Formation of New Cabinet GERB Cannot Challenge Election Results at Bulgaria's Constitutional Court - Expert Bulgaria’s Senior Prosecutor Security Beefed Up after Turning on GERB Supreme Prosecuting Authority Backs Appeal of Controversial Dismissal of Bulgarian Judge Bulgarian Ethnic Turks: Ex-PM Admitted Election Defeat! Bulgarian Investigator Axed over Money Laundering Case Sabotage Bulgaria's Prosecuting Authority Will Not Contest Results of Parliamentary Elections Disgruntled Bulgarian Truckers Blockade Turkish Border Again

VIEWS ON BG Main Party in Bulgaria Seeks to Void Election Result British Entrepreneurs Invest in Bulgaria The Politics of Immigration Bulgaria Election: President to Host Party Talks

UPS & DOWNS Grigor, Sharapova - Celebrity Love Match 350000 Illegal Ballots Seized in Bulgaria

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Among all who have been Prime Ministers, I am the biggest expert. I used to be the Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry, a Mayor, a Prime Minister…I used to be a Mayor twice, in fact.” Bulgaria’s former PM Boyko Borisov answers a question whether he would head a new government. "I don't think I have ever seen any course like this and I'm wracking my brain trying to think if I've ever played a course like this, and I just can't think of one. It's been called the `Pebble Beach of Europe' but there is only a few holes at Pebble Beach where you play along the shoreline, whereas here at Thracian Cliffs holes 3 to 10 are perched right on the cliff edge.It's an incredible piece of real estate and it's going to look amazing on TV which is good for the European Tour." Fаmous English golfer Ian Poulter admits he has been taken aback by the picturesque seaside course Thracian Cliffs and its breathtaking views as Bulgaria makes its debut on the European Tour

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BULGARIA'S GERB PARTY TO REQUEST CANCELLATION OF ELECTION RESULTS

Boyko Borisov, leader of the center-right party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), has said the formation will request a cancellation of the results of the May 12 parliamentary elections.

Borisov gave a press conference on Thursday, four days after the general elections. read more

DISGRUNTLED BULGARIAN TRUCKERS BLOCKADE TURKISH BORDER AGAIN

Bulgarian tractor trailers will blockade the Kapitan Andreevo-Kapakule border crossing point between Bulgaria and Turkey on the Bulgarian side for the second time in just days.

Drivers and truck owners are protesting the hurdles for their business on the other side of the border and unfair competition. They complain from unfounded restrictions such as not allowing into Turkish territory trucks carrying over 500 liters of fuel or making drivers wait at the Turkish border for days. read more

BULGARIA SUBMITTED 14% OF RAPEX UNSAFE PRODUCT ALERTS IN 2012

Bulgaria and Hungary filed around one quarter of all signals for unsafe goods in the EU in 2012, according to statistics of RAPEX, the EU rapid alert system for all dangerous consumer products.

In 2012, Bulgaria submitted a total of 271 RAPEX notifications, outpaced only by Hungary with 294 signals. read more

BULGARIAâЂ™S SENIOR PROSECUTOR SECURITY BEEFED UP AFTER TURNING ON GERB

Bulgaria’s senior prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov arrived at the meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council on Thursday in a armored jeep and more heavily guarded than usually.

It was not immediately clear what prompted the move.

The decision to increase Tsatsarov’s security has apparently been taken after he openly criticized former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for claiming that prosecutors illegally meddled in the election process.

Borisov had stated that the Chief Prosecutor’s office deliberately harmed his party’s chance of winning the elections by seizing a total of 350 000 illegal ballots from a printing house near Sofia just hours before the Election Day.

The Kostinbrod-based printing house in question is owned by a municipal councilor from Borisov’s center-right GERB party.

“We lost 5-6% of our votes because of the ballot scandal,” Borisov told reporters/
On Wednesday, Tsatsarov noted that the prosecution has never mentioned GERB’s name in relation with the scandal.

“I find it unexplainable that a particular political party identified itself with the incident in Kostinbrod, claiming that the Prosecutor’s Office reduced its election score by 5-6%,” Tsatsarov said during a much anticipated press conference.

The prosecution has so far confirmed that they have indeed found 350 000 ballots produced after May 8, when all regular ballots, ordered under the public tender, were printed and delivered, to be used for the elections. The seized ballots were packed and ready to be transported.

Prosecutors also said the questionable ballots were not "printing spoilage", as the printing house's owner had claimed, adding they had discovered the actual printing spoilage discarded inside the printing house.

The ballots were allegedly intended to be used to manipulate the vote in the early general elections on Sunday. read more

SUPREME PROSECUTING AUTHORITY BACKS APPEAL OF CONTROVERSIAL DISMISSAL OF BULGARIAN JUDGE

Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Prosecutor's Office has backed the cassation appeal of judge Miroslava Todorova against her disciplinary dismissal by the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS).

Thursday's sitting of the five-judge panel of the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) was attended by representatives of the American Bar Association, Dutch NGO Rechters voor Rechters (Judges for judges), and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), according to reports of Capital weekly. read more

SUPREME COURT TO ISSUE FINAL RULING OF CONTROVERSIAL DISMISSAL OF BULGARIAN JUDGE

A five-judge panel of the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) will review Thursday morning the appeal of former Chair of the Bulgarian Judges Association (BJA), Miroslava Todorova, against her disciplinary dismissal by the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS).

On January 5, 2013, a three-judge panel of VAS revoked Todorova's appeal, thereby confirming her dismissal over the unreasonable delay of proceedings. read more

EVGENI DIKOV APPOINTED INTERIM SOFIA CITY PROSECUTOR

Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) has voted unanimously to appoint Evgeni Dikov interim Sofia City Prosecutor.

Dikov, a prosecutor at the Supreme Prosecutor's Office of Cassation, was appointed administrative head of the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office with 23 votes in favor at a Thursday sitting of VSS. read more

BULGARIAN ELECTORAL BODY: NO REASON TO CANCEL VOTE

The results of Bulgaria’s May 12 general election should not be canceled, according to a member of the country’s electoral body.

There are “no legal grounds” for the Central Electoral Committee to declare that violations of occurred on the day of reflection before the vote, according to Committee member Krasimira Medarova . read more

BULGARIAN EX-RULERS SWEAR TO GOD THEY DIDN'T ATTEMPT VOTING FRAUD

Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has declared that he does not know the owner of the printing house from which a total of 350 000 illegal ballots were seized ahead of the May 12 general election in the country.

“God is witness that we have nothing to do with that printing house,” Borisov told reporters on Thursday, making the sign of the cross. read more

BULGARIAN EX-PM TO GET RID OF EMBATTLED AIDE IN FUTURE CABINET

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has declared that controversial ex-Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov will not be part of his potential new government.

Tsvetanov, who is Borisov’s closest aide and a key official of the center-right GERB party, faces charges of failing to exercise proper control over the use of special surveillance devices during his term in office. read more

STANISHEV: EX-PM SEEKS TO STIR CHAOS IN BULGARIA!

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev has strongly criticized former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for requesting the cancellation of last week’s general election in the country.

Borisov, whose center-right GERB party narrowly won the election, surprisingly announced Thursday that GERB will appeal to the constitutional court and seek the cancellation of the election due to “a gross violation of the law in the day before the vote." read more

BULGARIAN EX-TOP COP VOWS TO GIVE UP IMMUNITY

Bulgaria’s embattled former Interior Minister has declared that he would give up his immunity as lawmaker immediately after the country’s new Parliament is convened.

Tsvetanov made the statement at a much anticipated press conference, at which former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov surprisingly announced that his center-right GERB party will request a cancelation of Sunday’s election results due to a "violation" on the day before the vote. read more

BULGARIAN PRESIDENT REITERATES CALL FOR FORMATION OF NEW CABINET

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has once again urged all political parties in the country’s new Parliament to put efforts into forming a government.

Plevneliev has thus indirectly clashed with former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who declared on Thursday that he would seek the cancelation of last week’s general election in the country. read more

GERB CANNOT CHALLENGE ELECTION RESULTS AT BULGARIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT - EXPERT

Yavor Notev, legal expert and member of nationalist party Ataka, has argued that center-right party GERB is not authorized to directly petition Bulgaria's Constitutional Court to cancel the results of the May 12 elections.

In a Thursday interview for private TV station bTV, Notev, who won a seat in Bulgaria's next Parliament at the elections, reminded that the entities authorized to petition the Constitutional Court were the President, the National Assembly, the Council of Ministers, the Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS), the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS), and the Chief Prosecutor. read more

BULGARIAN ETHNIC TURKS: EX-PM ADMITTED ELECTION DEFEAT!

Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov “admitted his defeat” at the country’s general election by requesting that the results of Sunday’s vote be cancelled, according to liberal party leader Lyutvi Mestan.

Borisov, whose center-right GERB party narrowly won the election, surprisingly announced Thursday that GERB will appeal to the constitutional court and seek the cancellation of the election due to “a gross violation of the law in the day before the vote." read more

BULGARIA'S PROSECUTING AUTHORITY WILL NOT CONTEST RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

Bulgaria's prosecuting authority will not demand a cancellation of the results of the May 12 general elections, according to Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov.

Tsatsarov, as cited by Sega daily, was adamant that the prosecuting authority would not ask the Constitutional Court to cancel the May 12 vote. read more

BULGARIA LAGS BEHIND REST OF EU IN LGBTI LEGISLATION

Bulgaria’s legal environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people is the worst among all EU member states, a new scoreboard has shown.

The Balkan country scores just 18 percent on a checklist of laws that include rules on non-discrimination, gender recognition and hate speech, according to the Rainbow Europe map published on Thursday. read more

IAN POULTER IN BULGARIA: I HAVE NEVER SEEN A COURSE LIKE THAT

As Bulgaria makes its debut on the European Tour, famous English golfer Ian Poulter admitted has been taken aback by the picturesque seaside course Thracian Cliffs and its breathtaking views.

"I don't think I have ever seen any course like this and I'm wracking my brain trying to think if I've ever played a course like this, and I just can't think of one," said Poulter on Wednesday, before the tournament kicked off.

"It's been called the `Pebble Beach of Europe' but there is only a few holes at Pebble Beach where you play along the shoreline, whereas here at Thracian Cliffs holes 3 to 10 are perched right on the cliff edge.It's an incredible piece of real estate and it's going to look amazing on TV which is good for the European Tour." read more

BEROE GRABS UNEXPECTEDLY BULGARIA CUP AFTER PENALTIES

The football club Beroe Stara Zagora won its second Cup of Bulgaria on Wednesday following a 6:4 victory over favorite Levski in a truly dramatic final.

Beroe, based in Stara Zagora, some 200km east of Sofia, Stara Zagora, defeated Levski, 26 times champion of Bulgaria and holder of 25 national cups, 6-4 after penalties. read more

BULGARIA SET TO HOST FIRST MAJOR GOLF TOURNAMENT

Bulgaria is hoping to rake in a total of USD 100 M as host of Europe's top golf event of this year, which will take place from May 16-19, 2013.

The World Match Play Championship is traditionally covered by over 250 sports media worldwide and reaches an audience of over 1.5 billion people. read more

BULGARIAN INVESTIGATOR AXED OVER MONEY LAUNDERING CASE SABOTAGE

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council has dismissed Tatyana Sharlandzhieva, investigator from the National Investigative Service, following charges for sabotaging a money laundering case.

Last week the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office submitted a proposal with Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov to demand Sharlandzhieva's dismissal on disciplinary grounds by the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS). read more

MAIN PARTY IN BULGARIA SEEKS TO VOID ELECTION RESULT

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BRITISH ENTREPRENEURS INVEST IN BULGARIA

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THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION

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BULGARIA ELECTION: PRESIDENT TO HOST PARTY TALKS

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FOOTBALL SUPERSTAR DAVID BECKHAM ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

Renowned football player David Beckham announced Thursday that he would retire from soccer at season’s end.

"I'm thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level," the former England international said in a statement. read more

STRONG SHIPPER INTEREST IN NABUCCO AFTER LAUNCH OF OPEN SEASON REGISTRATION PHASE

The Nabucco consortium has boasted that shipper interest in registration and capacity booking in the Nabucco West pipeline has already exceeded expectations a mere week after the launch of the registration phase of the Open Season.

Nabucco has attracted strong interest from a variety of shippers, including potential shippers not part of Nabucco, the Shah Deniz consortium or its buyers. read more