News archive of October 2022

GERB leader and ex-PM Boyko Borissov will not be an MP. The CEC approved his application, with which he refuses to be named as an elected representative in two regions - Sofia and Plovdiv.

Italian Ambassador to Bulgaria Giuseppina Zarra and the deputy head of the mission Francesco Calderoli, together with the director of the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) in Sofia Chiara Petrò, opened the exhibition Interfood & Drink, dedicated to the food sector, which will be held in Sofia from 5 to 8 October in the Inter Expo Center and the Italian pavilion in it.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Kyiv reported more successes in the counteroffensive against the Russian army

Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia, Aleksandar Vulin, the Minister of European and International Affairs of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Peter Szijjrt, addressed the public after the meeting.

Parts of the Bulgarian border crossing "Kapitan Andreevo" will be declared a national security object by a decision of the Council of Ministers, which is being prepared at the moment. The news comes from the official Minister of Agriculture Yavor Gechev on bTV this morning. I.e.

For Bulgaria, the growth forecast is 2.9% for this year.

The ongoing war in Ukraine has clouded prospects for post-pandemic economic recovery in emerging and developing economies in the Europe and Central Asia region, according to the World Bank's latest economic report on the region.

The results of the early elections are now officially clear. The calculations of the Central Electoral Commission confirm that 7 parties enter the 48th National Assembly.

These are GERB-SDS, "We Continue the Change", DPS, "Vazrazhdane", BSP, "Democratic Bulgaria" and the new formation "Bulgarian Rise".

President Rumen Radev stated that Bulgaria needs a functioning parliament and a stable regular government. In his first comment on the results of Sunday's snap parliamentary vote, Radev said voters had given a clear signal to politicians that they should seek dialogue.

The new package of sanctions against Russia, prepared by the European Union, will not include the exemption, i.e. derogation for the Western Balkans, therefore also for Serbia, due to Belgrade's attitude towards official Moscow.

Billionaire tycoon Elon Musk-led Space X blasted off from Florida on Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station (ISS).