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Bulgaria Sees 100% Y/Y Increase in Personal Data Abuse Complaints in 2011 [Jan 27, 2012] Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry will be issued a penalty statement for a personal data leak committed in connection with the end-October local and presidential elections, the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) announced on Friday. In early October 2011, the Foreign Ministry published on its website about 37 000 permanent address registrations of Bulgarian voters residing abroad. The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court Reaffirms Elections Outcome [Dec 14, 2011] Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has overturned the request to recall the results from the October presidential elections. The information was announced Wednesday on the Court's official website. The magistrates have made the decision unanimously. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's President-elect Claims Lots of Good Intentions [Dec 11, 2011] Bulgaria's President-elect Rosen Plevneliev has promised that he is well-intentioned and wants to help the country. In an interview for Nova TV Sunday afternoon Plevneliev, who won the 2011 presidential elections and is to be inaugurated as Bulgaria's fourth head of state in January 2012, outlined a number of reforms that he wished to see through. "The grand slam for me doesn't consists of three ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court, the Rubber Plant in the Living Room [Nov 25, 2011] In the course of two days, Bulgaria's Constitutional Court (KS) made headlines. In a November 22 decision, KS revoked revoked a set of amendments to the Diplomatic Service Act banning former State Security agents from taking up key diplomatic posts. In a November 24 decision, KS admitted the request for a substantive examination of the legality of the end-October presidential elections filed by ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria election heads for run-off [Oct 25, 2011] Bulgaria's presidential elections have headed for a run-off as none of the candidates managed to win majority of votes, Press TV reports. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kuneva Denies Flirting with Socialists over Presidency Bid [Oct 24, 2011] Meglena Kuneva, Bulgaria's former European Commissioner, who finished third in the presidential elections on Sunday, has vehemently denied claims that her nomination was at one point embraced by the previously ruling Socialist Party. "I have never discussed this issue and have never taken part in meetings that discussed it," Kuneva said at a press conference after exit polls emerged in response ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarians to elect new president, mayors [Oct 23, 2011] The candidate of Bulgaria's ruling center-right party, Rosen Plevneliev, is favored to win in Sunday's presidential elections that test the government's popularity and the EU nation's ability to overcome concerns about vote-buying and corruption. [via YahooNews] More >>

Independent Presidential Candidate Meglena Kuneva: Bulgaria Needs Non-Partisanship and Competitiveness [Oct 21, 2011] Interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Meglena Kuneva, independent candidate for President of the Republic of Bulgaria in the 2011 presidential elections. Meglena Kuneva is a former Minister of EU Affairs in the government of Simeon Saxe-Coburg and the NSMP party (2001-2005), three-way coalition government (2005-2007), Bulgaria's Chief Negotiator in the EU accession talks in 2001 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria anti-Roma rally in Sofia [Oct 02, 2011] About 2,000 Bulgarians protest against Roma and what they see as links to organised crime, amid ethnic unrest ahead of presidential elections. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Cop Passionately behind Ruling Party's Presidential Runner [Sep 14, 2011] Bulgaria's Interior Minister and head of the ruling centrist-right GERB's electoral campaign Tsvetan Tsvetanov has declared he firmly supports the party's candidate for the upcoming presidential elections in the country, Rosen Plevneliev. "I am the person that wants Plevneliev's victory most strongly," Tsvetanov, who initially was among the names rumored as GERB's potential candidates, has said ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Men of State Endeared at Presidential Nomination [Sep 04, 2011] Bulgaria's GERB ruling party nomination for October 23 presidential elections was revealed Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of the relationship between party founders and leaders, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov and vice-PM Tsvetan Tsvetanov. This confession was made at the Sunday GERB press conference by GERB vice-chair and boss of the election team Tsvetan Tsvetanov. "Exactly 10 years ago ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's GERB VP Candidate Vows to 'Open Up' Judiciary [Sep 04, 2011] Margarita Popova, the Vice President nominee of ruling party GERB, has vowed that the "opening-up" of the judicial system to the citizens will be a major priority for her and her running mate Rosen Plevneliev. Popova, Bulgaria's current Justice Minister, and Plevneliev, the current Minister of Regional Development were nominated to run in the October 23 presidential elections by Prime Minister ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Electoral Body Starts Accepting Presidential Bids [Aug 04, 2011] Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) starts accepting registration documents of political parties, coalitions and initiative committees for the presidential elections on August 05. Political parties and initiative committees will not be required to name their candidates but will only have to declare their participation in the presidential race by filing the respective documents. The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's PM Borisov Firm He Won't Run for President [Jul 15, 2011] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has put an end to speculations he might run in the presidential elections in the fall of 2011. Borisov has been making hints for at least a year, without providing a cleat-cut answer if he might seek the presidential post for himself, and to put somebody else in charge of the Cabinet of his center-right GERB party. The PM recently said he will run for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Presidential Hopeful Rejects Support of 'Spies' [Jun 22, 2011] The initiative committee for the presidential elections should not have as members people associated with the former and current security services, according to presidential candidate, Meglena Kuneva. In an interview for the TV channel bTV, Kuneva, who is Bulgaria's first and former EU Commissioner, and former member of the party of ex King and Prime Minister, Simeon Saxe-Coburg ? National ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex Deputy PM: Former Tsar Is Best Presidential Candidate [Jun 13, 2011] Daniel Vulchev, Former Bulgarian Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, has termed Simeon Saxe-Coburg, former Bulgarian Tsar and Prime Minister, the best presidential candidate. In a Monday interview for the morning broadcast of Nova TV, Vulchev, who is part of the initiative committee supporting ex EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva at the autumn 2011 presidential elections, added that Saxe ... [via YahooNews] More >>

PM Borisov: Ex King Would Be Best President of Bulgaria [Jun 12, 2011] Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, declared Sunday he had already found the person to run as GERB candidate in the upcoming presidential elections. Borisov spoke in an interview for the TV channel Nova Televizia, saying the nomination of his ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party is very strong and would receive large support. The PM further stated ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 2011 Presidential Race: Same Old Song? [Jun 07, 2011] The announcement of ex-EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva's bid for the fall presidential elections in Bulgaria has provoked comments from political competitors that throw negative light on the nature of pre-election debate. Even at the early stages of the race, one might well get the feeling that instead of a substantive discussion among differing visions of their country's future, Bulgarians will ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex Commissioner Firm over Presidency Bid - Report [May 07, 2011] Meglena Kuneva, former EU Commissioner for consumer protection, has already agreed to run for Bulgaria's president in the autumn despite speculations over her eligibility, insiders say. "Kuneva's candidature for the presidential elections is expected to be officially announced by the end of this month," 24 hours daily reported, citing anonymous sources close to her. Daniel Valchev, former ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM among Ruling Party Candidates for President [May 04, 2011] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is among the candidates of the ruling GERB party considered to run in the upcoming presidential elections in the autumn, the interior minister said. "No political decision has been taken yet, but it is only natural that the leader of the party is among the discussed candidates," Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who is also head of the elections headquarters of ... [via YahooNews] More >>