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"The Central Election Commission's decision was taken in violation of the Election Code". This was stated by Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov in a statement in front of journalists.

He made serious criticisms of the CEC's decision to stop machine voting.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) decided that the local vote on October 29 and a possible second round will be conducted by paper ballots only. The meeting lasted several hours.

"There is no danger that the machine vote will be manipulated", said Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov from Brussels, after a report by the State Agency for National Security (SANS) revealed earlier that a deputy minister from the "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" quota had copied and exported codes for the machine vote on Sunday.

A day before the local elections, a huge scandal broke out. It was created by "There Is Such a People" (TISP) with the cooperation of the State Agency for National Security (SANS), and this time instead of manipulation with paper ballots (like the infamous Kostinbrod Affair), it is claimed to be a manipulation of the machines.

A Ukrainian man and woman helped the shot companion of Alexei Petrov in Vitosha. The two Ukrainians were walking a little further and heard a noise in the forest, bTV reported.

The Ministries of Defense does not believe that the war in Ukraine can be transferred to NATO territories.

This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov in a comment on the published reports on the security of the State Agency for National Security" (SANS), the State Intelligence Agency (SIA) and the military intelligence.

"Businesses are running, people are safe. We have taken absolutely all measures, on the part of the state, the local authorities, the management of the specific enterprises, so that we can be sure that people are safe and the Bulgarian industry will not be affected by such types of raids". This is what the Minister of Economy, Bogdan Bogdanov, said today.

Less than 24 hours after the expulsion of 70 Russian diplomats, BSP leader Kornelia Ninova announced that the Bulgarian Socialist Party has suspended all negotiations with "We Continue the Change" to form a cabinet.

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) and Bulgarian Posts (BGPost) to be included in the list of strategic sites to be inspected by State Agency for National Security (SANS). This will be proposed by the Council of Ministers after the cyber attack, which blocked the work of the post offices, announced the Minister of Electronic Government Bozhidar Bozhanov.

The United States has postponed the delivery of the 8 F-16 planes, which have already been paid for by Bulgaria, by two years, as it fears leaks of secret data about the planes to Russia. This is what "Euroactiv" reports, referring to the opinion of two former Bulgarian defense ministers.