The election campaign, which started in Bulgaria on 4 March, ends on 2 April. Before election silence day on Saturday and Election Day on Sunday, 4 April, the political party will end their canvassing with various initiatives.
Due to the Covid measures most events will take place outdoors with limited attendance. A big concert has been announced by one of the new formations which are likely to enter parliament. The concert venue announced is indoors and according to the current anti-epidemic measures should take place at 30% capacity.
This is the first election campaign in the country’s modern history to have taken place in an epidemic, and this, experts say, has made it more passive than in previous years.
Two million laying hens have been culled in Bulgaria since an outbreak of avian influenza began in October. Over 40% of laying hens are affected by the disease. These alarming figures were reported to BNR by Ivaylo Galabov, chairman of the Union..
The first shipment of fresh nuclear fuel for the Kozloduy nuclear power plant has arrived at the port of Varna - West. The fuel, manufactured by the US company Westinghouse, was delivered by the Dutch-flagged ship Adamas, public broadcaster BNT..
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson visited the border crossing at Sofia Airport. Bulgaria's caretaker Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov, showed Ms Johansson the new organisation of work after Bulgaria's accession to Schengen by air. The..
Italy supports Bulgaria's full-fledged membership in the Schengen area, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said. Mattarella is on a two-day visit to..
Bulgarian Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte , the press service of the Council of..
The Bulgarian Socialist Party will send the parliamentary report on the gas contract with the Turkish state-owned energy company Botas to the..
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