Prime Ministers of Bulgaria

The chair of Sofia's Municipal Election Commission has stepped down at the request of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, his GERB party has announced.

With an astounding 83.7%, Dimitar Nikolov has been reelected for a third term in the Black Sea port city of Burgas as Bulgaria is holding local elections on Sunday, an Alpha Research poll suggests. 

A survey by rival Gallup agency puts support for Nikolov at 83.5%.

Nikolov, as in the previous (2011) vote, was backed by the main ruling GERB party of PM Boyko Borisov. 

PM Aleksandar Vucic will visit Bulgaria on Saturday for a trilateral meeting with Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts Boyko Borisov and Victor Ponta.

Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB leader Boyko Borisov expressed support on Wednesday for the reelection of Joseph Daul as president of the European People's Party (EPP).

Borisov is heading a delegation of Bulgaria's main ruling party to the XXIII Congress of EPP, which is taking place in Madrid on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS) of Bulgaria has confirmed rulings by two other courts that Tsvetan Tsvetanov, a former Interior Minister and now deputy head of the main ruling party, is not guilty of embezzlement.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov confirmed on Sunday earlier media reports that the Russian foreign ministry had summoned Bulgarian ambassador to Moscow Boyko Kotsev.

Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev has called on MPs to backtrack on amendments proposed to the military intelligence act which the Bulgarian President returned for consideration.

The changes sought and approved by a majority of MPs would have made the current head of the Defense Information Service (Bulgaria's military intelligence agency) Yordan Bakalov unfit for the office.

An incident which claimed the life of an Afghan migrant near Bulgaria's border with Turkey on Thursday evening is already leaving politicians in Bulgaria divided over what actually had happened.

European Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva announced on Wednesday that Bulgaria ranks fifth in the absorption of EU funds.

Georgieva said this during the opening of the exhibition "Varna - The Oldest Gold Treasure" in the building of the European Parliament in Brussels, which shows 7000-year-old golden objects discovered in Bulgaria.

The exhibition "Varna - The Oldest Gold Treasure", which shows golden objects discovered in Bulgaria, was unveiled in the building of the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday.

The treasure, which was unearthed at the Varna Necropolis in 1972, is often considered the oldest golden treasure in the world as it is dated back to 4600-4200 BC.