Bulgarian Democratic Center

For the first time, an opinion poll has projected a slight edge for the Bulgarian Socialist Party on center-right GERB, the party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, in the event of a hypothetical election.

A motley Bulgarian Parliament ended its last session on Thursday before noontime, adopting several pieces of legislation.

The 43rd National Assembly, which existed for just two years and three monhs, will be disbanded as of January 27, Friday.

Bulgarian MPs rejected a proposal of the opposition Socialist Party, which would have tasked Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov with asking the European Council to remove Russian MPs from the EU travel black lists.

The black list was drawn up in protest against Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.

Two members of the Council for Electronic Media (CEM), the broadcast media watchdog of Bulgaria, have been elected by Parliament, local media report.

No debates have been held prior to the election.

The two members, Sofiya Vladimirova and Rozita Mihaylova-Elenova, were proposed by the biggest party GERB and the Bulgarian Democratic Center (BDC) respectively.

Lawmakers have overwhelmingly given the green light to the introduction of online voting in all elections and referendums.

As many as 137 MPs have voted in favour, 55 giving the thumbs down and citing concerns about voting secrecy.

Under a draft proposal yet to be completed by Parliament, every Bulgarian citizen should be able to vote using the Internet "or another network".

The sixth-biggest group in Bulgaria's Parliament dissolved itself on Friday after five of the MPs belonging to it submitted requests to leave it.

Previously, the lawmakers had threatened to quit unless a name dispute is settled.

Five Bulgarian lawmakers from the Bulgarian Democratic Center (BDC)'s parliamentary group are to submit their requests to leave it, one of the MPs has said.

BDC was set up by lawmakers who were previously part of a coalition led by MEP Nikolay Barekov and made it into Parliament within an alliance led by his Bulgaria without Censorship party.

Five of the eight parties in Bulgaria's Parliament have signed a declaration to renounce the use of trolls on the Internet to promote their political ideas.

Competition Protection Act amendments concerning retail chains have passed first reading in Parliament.

The bill submitted by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) was approved without a single statement by MPs for or against it.

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor or a deputy will be authorized to stop financial transactions or property deals for a period of 48 hours, according to a proposal for changes to the Criminal Procedure Code tabled by four political parties.

The new powers of the Chief Prosecutor will only be exercised in exceptional cases, according to the proposal.