Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)

Bulgaria's lawmakers have conclusively adopted the amendments to the Consumer Credit Act which will come into effect three months after their promulgation in the State Gazette.

The regulations will apply only to mortgage agreements signed after the law comes into force, except for the fees, compensations and penalties which can be renegotiated, Bulgarian Dnevnik informs.

If the elections for European Parliament were today, four Bulgarian parties would pass the 5.9% threshold, shows a survey of the Mediana agency. 

Nikolay Barekov, a former journalist and TV host, announced he would lead the EU Elections list of a coalition forged by his Bulgaria without Censorship (BWC) party.

The leaders of nationalist VMRO-BND, Agrarian People's Union and Gergiovden Movement, the other three parties within the coalition, will rank immediately after him in the list, Dnevnik.bg has reported.

EC President Jose Barroso has told Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Deputy Chair of Bulgarian party GERB, that the South Stream gas pipeline has not been given priority treatment in Europe.

MPs approved changes to Bulgaria's Energy Law which allow for the South Stream pipeline project to go around EU legislation.

With the latest decision by Bulgarian lawmakers, the South Stream segment passing through the country is given the status of a gas grid interconnection.

Bulgarian MEP Ivaylo Kalfin tops the election list of the ABV Movement (Alternative for Bulgarian Revival) for the European Parliament elections on May 25.

Bulgaria's tobacco growers will receive their money for the 2013 harvest by the end of April, the government has promised.

Banks will no longer charge fees for the utilization and management of consumer loans, after Bulgarian lawmakers adopted on second reading amendments to the Consumer Credit Act.

Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission is to have a new Deputy Chair, short after its top members were appointed by Parliament.

Margariza Zlatareva, who was the center-right opposition GERB's candidate, has been declared deputy chief by Bulgarian lawmakers with the approval of MPs from GERB and ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS).

Meglena Kuneva, former Bulgarian Minister and MEP, will top the Reformist Bloc's list at the European Elections.