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Delyan Peevski in parliament in Sofia in May 2013. Photo: EPA/STR.

During his time as a MP in 2013, Peevski was involved in three offshore companies which he has not declared, according to the massive leak of data to media from companies used by rich clients around the world to hide wealth in tax havens.

Now the members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) should show whether they are independent and emancipated, Justice Minister Yanaki Stoilov commented for Bulgarian National Television (BNT) Saturday, as quoted by his ministry.
   

All 421 voting machines have already been delivered abroad. The machines that will be used in Bulgaria will be delivered to the polling stations on Saturday, the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission  Kamelia Neykova said for the Bulgarian National Television.

Electronic Media Council (SEM) member Ivelina Dimitrova, who is appointed from the president's quota, has resigned.

The Sofia City Court (SCC) issued an opinion on Saturday in connection to what they deem an unprecedented statement made by caretaker Economy Minister Kiril Petkov on June 25, 2021 in the Panorama programme on Bulgarian National Television. Petkov's statement assessed a SCC decision in an unacceptable manner, the disseminated opinion reads.

A poll by Alpha Research has found that 63.2 per cent of Bulgarians disapprove of the refusal by cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov's TISP political party to seek to form a government.

About 57.5 per cent of Bulgarians want to see a new government formed, while 30.4 per cent want the country to hold another parliamentary election, according to a poll by Alpha Research for public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television's weekly talk show Referendum.

Traditionally, with the exit polls in, this should be an article headlined "Bulgaria's April 2021 parliamentary elections: Winners and losers".

But, quite obviously, going by the headline above, it is not.

The Russian embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Wikipedia. Photo by MrPanyGoff, Creative Commons.

"The two diplomats had carried out activities in the country that are incompatible with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations," the Foreign Ministry stated.

The Ministry of Defence in Sofia, Bulgaria. Derzsi Elekes Andor, Wikipedia, Creative Commons 4.0