Georgi Gergov

From the delay of reforms under the European plan for recovery and sustainability, through the organization for helicopters and emergency air assistance, the takeover of the Plovdiv fair by the businessman Georgi Gergov, problems in the State Consolidation Company and the repairs of dams, to an unfavorable contract with the Turkish "Botas" for gas supplies.

Caretaker Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov removed from office members of the current Supervisory Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB), Dimitar Simeonov and Velina Burska. The proposed replacements are Vasil Shtonov and Valentin Mihov.

''The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will not split because of Georgi Gergov's resignation'', said the party leader Kornelia Ninova, according to Focus News Agency.

''The decision was taken at a National Council meeting after Gergov had tendered his resignation and BSP considers the matter closed'', she added.

Locals in Bulgaria's three largest cities, Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, were due to stage protests on Monday demanding the resignation of the powerful Prosecutor General, Sotir Tsatsarov.

The National Council of BSP is voting exceptionally today the exclusion of Georgy Gergov from the party, reported Dnevnik.

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has elected Stefan Danailov, a cinema actor who rose to fame in iconic Bulgarian productions and some foreign titles, as a deputy to newly elected leader Korneliya Ninova.

As many as six candidates will run to take over the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the second-largest party in the country, local media report.

The BSP is to hold a national congress scheduled for May 08, Sunday. 

Local elections are coming in just days, and Novinite is fully aware it did not provide the campaign coverage a news outlet covering a particular country usually does whatever vote is forthcoming.

A public auction for the 49% state-owned stake in International Fair Plovdiv AD will be announced by the end of June, according to Emil Karanikolov, Executive Director of the Privatization and Post-Privatization Control Agency (PPCA).