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Political Scientist: Desire for Change and Accumulated Tension Cause Bulgarians to Look Political Alternatives
The desire for change and the accumulating tension cause people to look for new faces beyond the familiar GERB and BSP, political scientist Parvan Simeonov, manager of Bulgarian polling agency Gallup International, told Focus Radio.
Kılıçdaroğlu fined for 'illicit money' transaction claims
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been fined by a court for claiming President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's family hid money offshore in the Isle of Man.
Former Macedonian PM Gruevski "disappears"
His party, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, says that he is not with them.
Gruevski did not respond to serving a two-year prison sentence, which is why the police are now searching for him.
Gruevski was sentenced to two years in prison for abusing official position to illegally acquire an armored Mercedes.
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Bulgaria another country that wants out of UN migration pact
He added that this agreement would undermine Bulgarian national interests.
"The position of the Bulgarian government is not to join UN's global pact on migration," the deputy head of the GERB said after a meeting of coalition heads, Reuters reports. The agency says the juior coalition partner of GERB, the United Patrioty, strongly opposes the UN pact.
CHP vows to win Istanbul, Ankara in March 2019 polls
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has no doubt of a victory in the upcoming municipal elections in both Istanbul and Ankara, its chairman has said, vowing to change the faces of both cities for good at the end of the five-year mandate.
Orthodox myths: Greece's pragmatic approach towards Russia
In July it emerged that Greece had expelled two Russian diplomats and banned two more Russians from entering the country. From abroad this might have seemed surprising: the idea of Greece as a Russian ally inside the European Union is one that has never quite died away.
Sociologists: People Are Giving Their Trust more to the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Than to GERB
People are giving their trust more to the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) than to Boyko Borissov's GERB. This shows a study by the AFIS sociological agency. It was done between November 2 and 7, and 1010 Bulgarians took part in it.
According to sociologists, 23.7% of Bulgarians sympathize with the BSP and 22.2% with the ruling GERB party.
Bulgaria's GERB Backs Weber to be EPP Spitzenkandidat in European Parliament 2019 Elections
A GERB delegation headed by Borissov is in Finland's capital Helsinki for the conference of the EU-wide European People's Party that is to choose its spitzenkandidat for the 2019 European Parliament elections. The decision is expected on November 8, according to EU Reporter.
The Democrats now have real power, but don't count Trump out
The votes have now been counted in the first US national election of the Donald Trump era and, as expected, the Democrats have seized majority control of the House of Representatives, significantly shifting the political balance of power away from Mr Trump's party.
Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov Asks Parliament to Strip Six MPs of their Immunity
Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said Thursday he had asked the National Assembly to strip six MPs of their parliamentary immunity, said his press officem, reports Focus News Agency.