Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)

If the government is unable to fulfill goals of national interest, it should embark on a "zero" scenario - elections as soon as possible, a top ruling party cadre said.

Yanaki Stoilov, the Deputy Chair of socialists' group in Parliament, told the Bulgarian National Radio that extending the term of the cabinet was not an end in itself.

Bulgaria should not build the South Stream gas pipeline in disregard of the EU stance on the matter, according to the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party.

Bulgarian Parliament Committee investigating into President Rosen Plevneliev's contacts with representatives of EDCs is to meet for the first time Thursday.

The temporary inquiry committee was established on May 8 upon a motion by the far-right Ataka and drew support from the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).

Changes in Bulgarian government are to be announced next week after a detailed analysis of the year it was in power, Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) officials said.

Reshuffles are also likely among the ruling party's top cadres, but its leader Sergey Stanishev will remain head of the socialists, BSP Executive Bureau member Borislav Gutsanov announced after a Tuesday session.

A development in which Bulgarian socialists' leader Sergey Stanishev assumes the office of Prime Minister should not be ruled out, a BSP Executive Bureau member said.

Sergey Stanishev, Bulgarian socialists' leader, was set to become Prime Minister if his party came first in the European elections, high-profile party sources say.

Bulgarian socialists' leader Sergey Stanishev cannot become MEP for a brief period and return to national Parliament afterwards, prof. Ekaterina Mihaylova believes.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has announced the names of Bulgaria's 17 newly-elected MEPs.

On its website, CEC reveals that expected reshuffles were officially made in a few parties' European elections lists.

Bulgaria will stand for a more important portfolio in the new European Commission, Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski announced.

Plamen Oresharski, the Prime Minister who heads Bulgaria's socialist-led government, said Friday he has thrown his support behind EPP nominee for Commission President.

After an unsuccessful no-confidence vote in Parliament, Oresharski told the media that he had backed the bid of conservative Jean-Claude Juncker as EU Commission President.