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Bulgaria Celebrates St. George’s Day, Army Day
On May 6, Bulgaria celebrates the day of St. George the Victorious as well as the day of its army.
May 6 was officially pronounced as the Day of the Bulgarian Army on January 9, 1880, shortly after the establishment of the country's military with a decree of Knyaz Alexander Battenberg.
Bulgarian President Calls for Higher Defense Budget
Bulgaria's budget for defense is not sufficient, believes the country's President Rosen Plevneliev.
"Substantial additional funds will be needed for the Ministry of Defense's budget in order to conduct the modernization of the army. As it stands, the resources are not enough", Plevneliev commented during a ceremony to promote a number of high-ranking military officials.
Farage’s UKIP Set to Win EU Elections – Poll
The anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) is favored to win the most votes in the European Elections according to a poll of YouGov agency.
Nigel Farage's UKIP leads with 29%, followed by the Labour Party 26% and the Conservative Party of PM David Cameron with 23%, according to the survey for The Sun, published on Sunday.
850,000 Bulgarians Not Allowed to Vote in EP Elections - Expert
At least 850,000 Bulgarians listed in the electoral register do not have the right to vote, Professor Petar Ivanov from the Center for Demographic Policy claimed.
GERB Invites Socialist Leader Stanishev to EU Elections Debate
Bulgaria’s center-right GERB party MEP candidate Tomislav Donchev has invited socialist MEP candidate Sergei Stanishev to a political debate within the current election campaign.
Greek Authorities Also Push Back Refugees - Report
Greece has also committed serious violations against asylum seekers and immigrants entering its territory from Turkey, a new report by Amnesty International has argued.
Socialists Lead Upcoming European Parliament Vote in Bulgaria – Poll
If elections for European Parliament were held today, in Bulgaria the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) would get 19.2% of votes, shows a poll of Sova Harris agency.
According to the survey, quoted by Bulgaria’s Presa daily, the opposition center-right GERB would get 17% of the votes and the ethnic Turkish party DPS would get 6.2%.
Bulgarians Mark May Day
Thousands of socialists from across Bulgaria flocked to the capital for the annual May Day celebrations.
Demonstrators were waving both Bulgarian and European flags as they were marching through Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd to Sofia's Borisova Garden.
They made their traditional calls for "dignified" salaries and working conditions.
Russia's Narishkin 'Did Not Plan' Bulgaria Visit in May
Russian Parliament Speaker Sergei Narishkin did not intend to visit Bulgaria in May, the Deputy Head of the State Duma's administration said on Wednesday.
Yury Shuvalov told Echo Moskvy radio that an official meeting of Narishkin with officials in Bulgaria had first been planned for the beginning of May, but was moved to a later date.
8 Bulgarian Officers to Take Part in NATO Operation in Turkey
Bulgarian government has authorized the deployment of eight officers in a NATO operation for enhancing air defense of Turkey, the cabinet's press office announced, Wednesday.
The planned participation is on a rotation basis. It will be implemented in the period June 2014 - January 2015. Bulgarian troops will be part of NATO's 2nd communications battalion.
Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev: Bulgaria is Feeling Threatened
Bulgaria is feeling threatened by the tensions in Ukraine, said Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev in an interview for the French daily L'Express.
“We are witnessing new policies – more aggressive, more nationalistic in the countries, which in the post-communist era were called “the near abroad”,” Plevneliev said.
Bulgaria's National Security Agency to Open Counter-Terrorism Unit
A counter-terrorism center will be opened as a unit of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) very soon, according to Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev.
Speaking Wednesday during a government sitting in Burgas, Yovchev explained that a Bulgarian team was to go the US in May for training and exchange of experience in the sphere.
Additional Trains, Buses to Run During Long May Holidays
The Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) will put out 170 additional carriages on 139 trains for the upcoming six-day holidays.
Blacklisted Russian Parliament Speaker Will Not Visit Bulgaria
The visit of Sergei Narishkin, Speaker of Russia's Parliament, to Bulgaria has been cancelled, Bulgarian authorities confirmed on Wednesday.
Bulgaria's Parliament Elects Audit Office Head
Lidiya Rumenova, a former member of the National Audit Office, was elected Chair of Bulgaria's auditing body.
Her nomination was supported by 95 out of 240 MPs, with lawmakers from Ataka and opposition Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) choosing not to vote, according to Dnevnik.bg.