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Bulgaria Socialists: We're Ready to Rule, Any Time, Any Place [Apr 05, 2011] The chief goal of the Bulgarian Socialist Party for the presidential elections in the fall is not to let the candidate of the ruling center-right GERB party to win, stated leader Sergey Stanishev. Speaking at a regular Tuesday press-conference, Stanishev expressed confidence that the winning candidate will be the one tabled by the Socialists, but added that his party is willing to back the best ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex-Interior Head Vows to Roast US Ambassador [Mar 09, 2011] Rumen Petkov, Bulgaria's controversial ex-Interior Minister has said he will send letters to the US Senate and Congress bashing US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick. In the letters, Petkov, who is currently an MP from the leftist Bulgarian Socialist Party, will 'sketch some typical tendencies in US Ambassador James Warlick's behavior'. Petkov's war against Warlick was triggered at the end of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Far Left Rises against Remembrance of Communism Victims [Jan 31, 2011] The Bulgarian Left political party has denounced the decision of the center-right government to declare February 1 to remember the victims of the communist regime (1944-1989). The "Bulgarian Left", formed in 2009 by members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the direct descendant of the former Bulgarian Communist Party, who saw the mainstream Socialists as not being leftist enough, issued a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria?s Agriculture Minister Denies Grain Crisis [Jan 27, 2011] There is no grain crisis in Bulgaria, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov announced Thursday. His statement was a response to the Bulgarian Socialist Party, which has stated that there is a grain crisis in Bulgaria and the country imports wheat. Naydenov has explained that the only import in Bulgaria comes from Pakistan and it consists of about 3,000 tons high quality wheat, which is ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Right, Left Univocal in Dissing Govt's Rule of Law Record [Jan 11, 2011] Bulgaria's traditional arch-rivals, the rightist Blue Coalition and the Bulgarian Socialist Party , have independently issued indignant statements of protest against the level of unmotivated secret surveillance of state officials. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarias Ex Deputy Health Minister Charged with Malfeasance [Apr 19, 2010] The Sofia City Prosecutor has raised charges against Bulgarias former deputy health minister, the head of the National Health Insurance Fund and a member of the National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialist Leader Slams Govt over Municipality Funding [Apr 18, 2010] Ex Bulgaria PM and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev has expressed concern about the economic and social situation in Bulgarias municipalities. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialists Vow to Integrate Ethnic Turks [Apr 12, 2010] The Bulgarian Socialist Party is launching a new effort to integrate ethnic Turks in its ranks, its leader Sergey Stanishev announced. Stanishev spoke Sunday after a meeting of the Executive Bureau of the party in the southern city of Kardzhali. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialist Leader Invites PM to Public Crisis Debate [Apr 06, 2010] Bulgarian Socialist party leader, Sergey Stanishev, has invited Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov to a public debate on the important issues. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Socialists Resuscitate Anti-GERB Black PR (Novinite.com) [Mar 18, 2010] The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will air again the video clip titled ?If You Vote for Boyko You Will Get Kostov.? The campaign will be the opposition's response to the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party anti-crisis measures. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex Bulgaria PM: No Sanctions Warning in EC Land Swap Letter (Novinite.com) [Feb 04, 2010] Former Bulgaria PM and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev has stated that the EC letter to PM Boyko Borisov regarding land swaps did not include an suggestion of sanctions as claimed by the center-right GERB government. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Opposition Socialists, Ethnic Turks Won't Support Cabinet Changes (Novinite.com) [Jan 26, 2010] The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) declared Tuesday they will not support the cabinet changes proposed by the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party. [via YahooNews] More >>

Socialist Leader Urges Bulgaria PM for Jeleva Resignation Statement (Novinite.com) [Jan 20, 2010] Bulgarian Socialist Party Leader, Sergey Stanishev, has urged Bulgaria PM to make an immediate statement on the resignation of Rumiana Jeleva as Foreign Affairs Minister. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialists Vow to be Stronger Opposition in 2010 (Novinite.com) [Jan 03, 2010] Sergey Stahishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, has called on the ruling center-right GERB party to stick to its election promises, vowing it will face a stronger opposition in 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>