Rumen Radev

Several lawmakers in Bulgaria are demanding that the Defense Minister comment on reports that the criteria for the acquisition of new multirole fighter aircraft have been altered.

There are as many as twenty-one presidential pairs running the forthcoming elections in Bulgaria, all competing to take over the office of President.

A survey of Sova Harris agency has predicted a run-off between the candidate of GERB - Tsetska Tsacheva and BSP's candidate - General Rumen Radev.

Dimitar Marinov, the extravagant presidential hopeful known as Mityo Pishtova ("the Pistol"), has told a TV morning program he had realized his role as a "puppet" in the upcoming election.

Pishtova has told the anchor of bTV's breakfast show he has already asked election authorities whether he could pull out of the race.

There are as many as twenty-one presidential pairs running the forthcoming elections in Bulgaria, all competing to take over the office of President.

A dramatic runoff is expected in the presidential elections of Bulgaria, pollster Alpha Research has said.

While the candidate of conservative GERB party, Tsetska Tsacheva, will have a 7.9% lead in the first round according to Alpha Research, the gap between her and socialist-backed opponent Rumen Radev will be around 1 percent, a recent poll, conducted October 08-13, indicates.

If, after the presidential elections on November 6, a run-off is reached between Tsetska Tsacheva and General Rumen Radev, BSP's candidate will win, showed a Gallup survey of electoral attitudes among 998 people in the period October 4-12.

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Korneliya Ninova has said she will not seek support from any other political organization for the upcoming presidential vote.

The BSP's candidate, Maj Gen Rumen Radev, is not supported by other left-wing parties, who pulled out of talks with socialists in the summer, nominating their own candidates.

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

Eight F-15 C/D fighter jets from the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard were relocated on Thursday to Bulgaria's Graf Ignatievo Air Base.

The jets were relocated for their participation in the joint Bulgarian-US air training "Thracian Eagle - 2016", the press service of the Bulgarian defence ministry informs.