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17 May 2013, Issue 3652
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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 |
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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 BULGARIAâS 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. 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. "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 Click here to read the story: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=150451 BRITISH ENTREPRENEURS INVEST IN BULGARIA Click here to read the story: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=150442 THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION Click here to read the story: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=150438 BULGARIA ELECTION: PRESIDENT TO HOST PARTY TALKS Click here to read the story: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=150434 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 | |||||||
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