First Borisov Government

Gallup International presented a survey on the first 100 days in office of the second Boiko Borisov government on Tuesday.

The majority of people (56%) interviewed in February said that they do not trust the government.

Yane Yanev, leader of the marginal conservative Order Law and Justice (RZS) party, has been appointed advisor at the Council of Ministers.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov issued the appointment order for Yanev on Tuesday, according to reports of Darik radio based on the government's press office.

Nikolay Barekov, a Bulgarian MEP, is renouncing unconditional support for the parliamentary group which is centered around his own Bulgaria without Censorship party.

Barekov said in a press statement this week's votes in Parliament on the amendments to the Interior Ministry Act and the pension reform had prompted him to cause the move.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov discussed several energy projects as substitutes to the cancelled South Stream pipeline during the summit of the European Council on Thursday.

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The Bulgarian Parliament is to discuss at first reading the amendments to the Interior Ministry Act, which were tabled by the main ruling GERB last month.

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Feyzi Bekir has been appointed Deputy Finance Minister by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov at the proposal of Minister Vladislav Goranov.

Bekir is currently Deputy District Governor of Kardzhali.

His past work experience includes Director of a Kardzhali-based office of insurance company Euroins AD.

Left-wing ABV is ensuring the stability of Bulgaria's new government, its leader, President (2002-2012) Georgi Parvanov has said.

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, deputy chaiman of the ruling Citizens for a European Bulgaria party, GERB, on Monday said that the government may make voting compulsory some time in 2015.

"It is important to have 70 to 80 per cent of voters determining the representation in parliament, rather than 48 per cent, as we had at the last election," Tsvetanov told daily newspaper, 24 Chasa.

Parliament Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva has announced that Tsvetan Tsvetanov will become Chairman of the parliamentary group of center-right party GERB, the biggest party in Parliament.

Conservative GERB, the winning party of the October 5 early elections, is considering changes to the Electoral code that might introduce compulsory voting next year, the party's deputy parliament group head Tsvetan Tsvetanov says.

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