Central Election Commission

There is no political crisis in Bulgaria, stated to journalists President-Elect Rumen Radev after the official ceremony for the presentation of the decision of the Central Election Commission for the nomination of president and vice president of Bulgaria, reported Focus agency.

According to Radev, a normal constitutional procedure is taking place now.

The decision of the Central Election Commission for the nomination of a president and vice president of Bulgaria will be presented on Monday in Parliament.

The ceremony will be opened by the chairwoman of Parliament Tsetska Tsacheva.

The Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Romania Ana Maria Petru has been arrested on the eve of parliamentary elections in the country.

Petru has been indicted on charges of corruption. In the period 2008-2009, she paid EUR 210,000 to a company headed by her husband.

The Central Election Commission has announced the final results of the presidential elections.

The data shows that 2,063,032 or 59.37% of the voters voted for the tandem Rumen Radev - Iliyana Yotova.

The candidate presidential tandem Tsetska Tsacheva - Plamen Manushev received 1,256,485 or 36.16% of the votes.

Bulgaria's centre-right Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, submitted his resignation to parliament on Monday, after a left-wing opposition candidate defeated his nominee in the presidential election.

An emergency vote in parliament on his decision to step down is expected on Tuesday.

Rumen Radev is nearly 23% ahead of Tsetska Tsacheva in the race to become Bulgaria's next President, partial official results confirm.

With more than 99.33% of the vote counted, the socialist-backed candidate gets 59.35% support. This largely confirms exit poll data which on Sunday evening pointed to Radev as Bulgaria's President-elect.

More eligible voters have cast ballots in Bulgaria's presidential runoff vote as of 13:00 on Sunday, officials say.

Activity was 27.2%, or more than 1.847 million people, as of that hour, according to Central Election Commission (CEC) data.

Prosecuting authorities in Bulgaria have been sent over 230 violation claims in relation to the presidential vote and the referendum since the election campaign began early in October, officials say.

Of them, 170 have been dismissed, the prosecutor's office has said in a statement published on its website on the day Bulgarians are voting in a presidential runoff.

More people have cast ballots in the runoff vote on Sunday morning than in the first round of Bulgaria's presidential elections, officials say.

As of 10:00 local time (EET), 10.59% of eligible voters have taken part in the election, slighly up compared to last Sunday, when the activity was 10.23%.

Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has assured that the voting papers for the second round of the presidential elections in San Francisco and Los Angeles will be delivered on time.

Earlier, the Central Election Commission (CEC) received information that the papers have been delayed due to the fault of a courier firm.