Dnevnik daily publishes election forecasts of three Bulgarian political experts on Friday under the heading Sluggish Campaign, Unpredictable Results, Expected Bargains. Evgeniy Daynov forecasted that GERB nominee Tsetska Tsatcheva will lose the run-off voting and that General Rumen Radev, who is supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, would become Bulgaria’s next President. Ognyan Minchev contends that the results of the run-off voting will depend on the bargains between the political parties after the first round. Parvan Simeonov also contends that GERB may lose the forthcoming Presidential elections.
In an interview for Trud daily sociologist Antoniy Galabov commented that although the ballot boxes are still empty, many people believe that the results of the Presidential elections are clear. Galabov also said that even the most categorical comments can’t belittle the fact that electoral behavior of the Bulgarian citizens at the forthcoming elections can’t be forecasted precisely.
Most Bulgarian printed media also focus on the disputes related to the 2017 state budget. Sega daily notes that the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms insisted at a first reading at the National Assembly Budget and Finance Committee that next year’s budget had to be amended, but the majority rejected their proposal. Monitor daily quotes a statement of Premier Boyko Borissov that Bulgaria has been making great efforts to become a tax haven in the EU. 24 Chassa daily and Standart inform that Premier Brissov has assured that the 10% flat tax rate will remain unchanged.
Sega daily writes that in 2016 a total of 8,300 Bulgarian nationals have returned to their motherland as unemployed. Their number was 23% higher as compared to 2015. According to data of the National Employment Agency, over 253,000 Bulgarians have been made redundant since January and that over 206,000 found jobs with the assistance of the employment offices. The unemployment level in Bulgaria continues to decrease and currently amounts to 7.8%.
Zemya daily contends that the fingerprint identification system in the Bulgarian hospitals has collapsed. The newspaper informs that on Thursday the system that was recently implemented by Minister Moscov stopped functioning temporarily.
After 6 months of analyzes and inspections, the Ministry of Environment allowed the completion of the "Struma" highway along the route through the Kresna Gorge. Earlier, the courts also rejected requests of green organisations for a..
Euro Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson expressed expectations for the abolition of internal Schengen land borders for Bulgaria and Romania by the end of the year. Commissioner Johansson is attending the two-day EU Justice and Home Affairs..
The Russian arms company Freshvale, registered in Sofia, has been selling combat drones and weaponry to Russia despite imposed sanctions, said the US Department of the Treasury. Freshvale EOOD, a Bulgaria-based UAV manufacturer, marketed Russian..
The civic movement BOEC has submitted, to the State Agency for National Security (SANS), a report regarding the actions of Nikolay Georgiev Markov,..
The St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia ranks in 401 st to 600 th position in the Impact Rankings of the Times Higher Education (THE)..
Wednesday will start sunny until midday, then cloudy with rain and thunderstorms in northern Bulgaria and the mountains . In the evening, rain is expected..
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