Union of Democratic Forces (UDF)

According to the lists of registered party candidates for the upcoming general election on April 4, the race in Sofia's 25th multi-member constituency and in Plovdiv will be between party leaders, while many candidates in Sofia's 23rd constituency will be doctors of medicine.

The ruling GERB party and the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) have signed a political framework agreement for the local elections, said GERB's press office. 

Maryia Garbiel, Bulgaria's current European Commissioner, leads GERB's list for the European elections, reports BNT. 

At a forum in the National Palace of Culture on 31st of March, GERB (majority partner in the ruling coalition) announced the list of candidates for the elections for members of the EP.

Part of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) demanded change of leadership of the party and refused joining GERB.

Part of the Union in Sofia published on Facebook a declaration blaming the unsatisfactory result of Traycho Traykov during the presidential elections on a lack of clear support from the leadership of the party, especially from the leader Bozhidar Lukarski.

The Reformist Bloc (RB) coalition will back the main ruling party's nominee in the runoff of presidential elections in Bulgaria, RB co-chair Bozhidar Lukarski has said.

His move may open a rift may open in the junior partner of Bulgaria's minority coalition government as one of the parties in the alliance mulls leaving.

Novinite publishes profiles of presidential candidates running in the forthcoming elections on November 06.

The last one who will have a separate profile is former Economy Minister Traycho Traykov, the candidate of the Reformist Bloc coalition.

The Reformist Bloc (RB) coalition's top decision-making body has decided to support former Economy Minister Traycho Traykov as a presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections.

Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgaria's first democratically-elected president, died on Jan. 30 at 79, his family says Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgaria's first democratically-elected president, died on Jan. 30 at 79, his family told AFP.

Bulgaria's former President Zhelyu Zhelev (1990-1997) has died, the press office of President Rosen Plevneliev announced. 

Zhelev, Bulgaria's first democratically elected President after the fall of the Communist regime, died at the age of 79 on Friday.

He was a co-founder of the right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (UDF).

No winner has been selected in the competition for the "13 Centuries Bulgaria" monument in front of the National Palace of Culture (NDK) in Sofia.