Socialist Party

Government officials on Monday defended the decision by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to herald tax breaks at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) over the weekend as the first tangible move toward offering relief after years of austerity and indicated that the pledges could be supported by the budget.

The far-right National Front is at the "gates of power" in France, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Sunday in a stark assessment of the crisis embroiling the country's centre-left government.
      

SNS wins in early local vote in eastern town

MAJDANPEK -- The Serb Progressive Party (SNS) has won convincingly in early local elections held on Sunday in the town of Majdanpek in eastern Serbia.

The SNS has received 47 percent of the vote and will have 17 out of 31 councilor seats in the municipal assembly.

Bulgaria's GERB party will not succumb to revanchism if it wins the elections, leader Boyko Borisov said in his speech at the launch of the party's election campaign, Sunday.

PASOK on Tuesday sought to contain the political fallout in the wake of a tense and tumultuous event marking the Socialist party’s 40th anniversary.

Police on Saturday arrested 60-year-old Cane, a member of Albania’s ruling Socialist Party, after a report was published by local media featuring a videotape of the activist purportedly discussing his proposition with the mother of the 14-year-old.

It is "obvious" that an alliance between conservative GERB and liberal DPS is in the making, socialist party leader Mihail Mikov said on Sunday.

Kristalina Georgieva has been nominated to become EU foreign policy chief "in an attempt to break the deadlock" over who will take the post, the Financial Times wrote Wednesday.

Georgi Bliznashki, Caretaker Prime Minister

Constitutional Law Professor Georgi Bliznashki will head Bulgaria's caretaker government that will prepare snap elections to be held in October.

A brief sketch on Georgi Bliznashki, the caretaker Prime Minister to assume office on Wednesday, and his recent activities.

Bliznashki: from High-Ranking Socialist Party Member to Civil Rights Activist

With several landmark books on parliamentary rule, the 57-year-old Georgi Bliznashki is the second professor to become PM in Bulgaria's most recent history.