National Assembly

President Rumen Radev convenes the 46th National Assembly on July 21 at 9 a.m. He announced this himself.

"I want to congratulate 'There is such a people' with the election victory. What they did yesterday was to open the door for dialogue, to finding consensus on the problems," he added.

"Now is the time for Bulgarian politicians to do their job," added Radev.

In a comment to BNT on July 15, GERB (the party of former PM Boyko Borissov) stated that the cabinet proposed by Slavi Trifonov's party was withdrawn with the same seriousness and responsibility as it was presented, According to them, this is the first government in history to resign before being appointed.

In a reduced composition, Bulgaria's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the final distribution of seats in the 46th National Assembly. GERB leader Boyko Borissov will not be an MP. 

Six parties enter the 46th National Assembly. This is shown by the data from the exit poll of the sociological agencies Gallup International Balkan and Trend, announced immediately after the end of the election day.

"I voted for a country that belongs to the public interest," said Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev after exercising his right to vote. President Radev voiced hopes that the political parties would take a responsible and constructive approach, in order to meet citizens' expectations. 

On July 11, 2021, Bulgaria holds parliamentary elections.

A total of 23 parties and coalitions take part in the July 11 elections and 5,081 MP candidates are running for 240 seats in Parliament.

Six or seven political parties will enter the next Parliament, according to a survey by Alfa Research, the results of which were released on July 8.

It was conducted between July 4-7, among 1,013 adult Bulgarians across the country with own resources.

 "There is such a People" has marginal lead with 21. 8% of the support.

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s largest business chambers have said the latest stimulus package for tourism, worth EUR 243 million and passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday, does not meet expectations and would not sufficiently help sectors most badly affected by the Covid-19 crisis.

Ljubljana – Advocates and opponents of the changes to the waters act, to be put to a referendum vote on Sunday, stressed the need to protect water as they faced off on public broadcaster TV Slovenija on Wednesday evening. However, the advocate said the new law will better protect water, whereas the opponents said it will endanger it.

Ljubljana – The National Assembly passed on Wednesday an emergency bill worth EUR 243.5 million to help the embattled tourism sector. The short-time work scheme has been extended and new holiday vouchers introduced. The opposition warned that the measures, which are this time aimed at the most affected sectors, came too late and were insufficient.