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Bulgaria?s New Mayors Warned against Firing EU Funds Professionals [Nov 06, 2011] Tomislav Donchev, Bulgaria's Minister in charge with EU funds absorption has warned the newly elected mayors across the country against making "radical changes" in the staffs working on EU projects. Over the last year, the quality of work within the Bulgarian municipal administrations has increased significantly, which has directly the country's absorption of EU funds money, Donchev claimed on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Battle for Mayors, Round 2 - Who? Where? How? [Oct 29, 2011] A total of 173 out of 264 Bulgarian municipalities will vote for mayors in a second round on October 30, including Plovdiv, Varna, Smolyan, Pleven, as none of the candidates got 50% of the vote in the first round on October 23. 18 of Bulgaria's 28 major regional cities will be among those holding run-offs, with 10 of them pitting representatives of ruling GERB against the Bulgarian Socialist ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarians to Elect New President, Mayors [Oct 23, 2011] Bulgaria to elect new president, mayors, as monitors voice concerns about possible vote-buying [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 264 Municipalities Rally En Bloc against Plastic Bags [Jul 11, 2011] All 264 municipal mayors in Bulgaria have decided to stage a "day without plastic bags" on July 29, 2011. The the municipalities have rallied behind the idea to take serious measures against the use of plastic bags at a meeting of the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria. Each municipality is going to decide for itself how to take part in the campaign. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Shortens Residency Requirement for Voters [May 13, 2011] The Bulgarian Parliament accepted amendments in the country's Election Code, which were revoked last week by the Constitutional Court. The permanent residency requirement, which provided that only Bulgarian citizens, who had lived in the respective city or town for the last 12 months, can vote for mayors and members of municipal councils, will be shortened to 6 months. The Constitutional Court ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court Strikes Voters' Residency Requirement [May 06, 2011] Bulgaria's Constitutional Court, KS, revoked the text from the new Election Code pertaining to voters' permanent residency requirement. The text provided that only Bulgarian citizens, who had lived in the respective city or town for the last 12 months, can vote for mayors and members of municipal councils. The rule, now published on the KS official internet page, had been issued on May 4. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Municipalities Rise against Luxury Tax [Apr 16, 2010] Bulgaria's new tax on luxury goods, which the government plans to introduce to help fight the economic crisis and keep down the fiscal deficit, will not benefit the municipalities, mayors have warned. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialist Leader Slams PM for Mocking Local Mayors (Novinite.com) [Feb 20, 2010] Bulgaria Socialist Party leader, Sergey Stanishev, has slammed PM Boyko Borisov for mocking local mayors by warning them not to abuse EU funds. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Threatens Mayors with Prosecution for EU Funds Abuse (Novinite.com) [Feb 18, 2010] Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, issued Thursday a stern warning to all local mayors to not abuse the recently released EU funds. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Threatens Mayors with Prosecution for EU Funds Abuse (Novinite.com) [Feb 18, 2010] Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, recommends that mayors of municipalities where violations have been committed admit them before the electorate and the municipal councils. [via YahooNews] More >>