Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova (of the GERB Party) officially announced her candidacy for a new term in office and participation in October's local elections. Fandakova announced that she would have three priorities if she won the election - active work in residential areas including small streets and inter-block spaces, as well as the construction of parking lots and transforming Sofia into a green and clean city through a green ring and eight new parks, as well as into a digital city.
Yordanka Fandakova has been Mayor of Sofia since 2009. In the past year she faced negative criticism because of numerous problems related to renovation and repair works downtown Sofia.
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has expressed hope that the National Assembly will elect a regular government today and that it will have a long and successful mandate. “There are no dysfunctional systems, we are handing it over after a..
The main task of the Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Group remains the fight against floating mines in the Black Sea and ensuring free and safe navigation in its western part, said Rear Admiral Kiril Mihaylov, Commander of the Naval Forces...
Two freight trains, moving on the same track between the Svetovrachene and Kremikovtsi railway stations near Sofia, caused the death of two people, as another six were taken to hospital with injuries. One of the injured persons is in a life-threatening..
President Rumen Radev handed over the first cabinet-forming mandate to Rosen Zhelyazkov, who was nominated by GERB-SDS for Prime Minister. "We..
Stabilising state finances will be the main task of the Finance Ministry, its new head Temenuzhka Petkova said at her inauguration as minister. The..
After it became clear that the prospective cabinet would be backed by a coalition of GERB-SDS, There is Such a People and BSP, Premier-designate Rosen..
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