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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The suggestions by the rightist parties to impeach Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov are serious hints at changing the country's form of government. This is the formal position of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, which was chaired by Parvanov in 1997-2002, before he got elected President, made public Tuesday by the Executive Bureau of the party. “Part of the right-wing wants to change the form...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The rightist Union of Democratic Forces, which is part of the Blue Coalition, is going to support a motion for the impeachment of Socialist President Georgi Parvanov if the other parties initiate it. The rightists, however, think that the grounds for the impeachment of Parvanov are not going to hold in the Constitutional Court. This was announced Tuesday by the UDF Chair Martin Dimitrov after a meeting...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
All major Bulgarian political parties except for the Socialist Party and the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) want to impeach President Georgi Parvanov. This has been stated Tuesday by Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, during his visit to Berlin, Germany, where he participated in the celebrations for the 20th Year since the fall of the Berlin Wall. “I am now...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bulgaria's former PM and Socialist Party leader, Sergey Stanishev, has stated that the moves by right-wing parties to impeach President Georgi Parvanov were part of a revenge plot. Stanishev’s words came in response to earlier statements by the nationalists from Ataka and the rightist Blue Coalition that President Parvanov may be impeached over his involvement in violations of the UN Oil for...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bulgaria Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has hit back at President Georgi Parvanov for suggesting that the new GERB government is targeting former PM Sergey Stanishev instead of mafia bosses. Tsvetanov, speaking after he submitted an integrated strategy to combat corruption and organized crime to Parliament, criticized Parvanov for not giving a view on people like Lyudmil Stoykov and Mario Nikolov,...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
The governing center-right GERB party has called on Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov to appear in the Bulgarian Parliament to report on “major issues in the circle of his powers.” Co-Chair of the Parliamentary group of GERB, Iskra Fidosova, stated that after consultation with the rightist Blue Coalition, far-right party ‘Ataka’ and the conservative Order, Law and Justice...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Right-wing party Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) may demand the impeachment of the President Georgi Parvanov over an alleged letter to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Ivan Kostov, leader of DSB, which is part of the rightist Blue Coalition supporting the GERB government, said Monday that if it was proved that Parvanov in his capacity of a Chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party sent a letter...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Bulgaria's president has harshly criticized the popular new centre-right government for its failure to impose measures to combat crime, saying the mafia bosses in the country remain untouchable. Talking at a round table with students, President Georgi Parvanov described as “fast” and “radical” the moves that the government took in connection with the missing classified reports...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov, said Saturday he was not going to approve the recall of the country's Ambassadors to the USA and Turkey. “I am not convinced that these two diplomats are guilty,” Parvanov said. Earlier this week the Bulgarian government approved the recall of the Ambassadors to Turkey and the USA, Branimir Mladenov and Lachezar Petkov, over violations that they allowed...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Bulgarian government decided Wednesday to ask President Georgi Parvanov to dismiss the country's Ambassadors to the USA and Turkey. Based on a report of Foreign Minister, Rumiana Jeleva, the cabinet has approved the removal of Lachezar Petkov as Ambassador to the USA and Branimir Mladenov as Ambassador to Turkey over violations during the organizing and conducting of the Bulgarian Parliamentary...
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Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Nov 01 Colombo: Visiting Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said his government is confident that Sri Lanka will complete its resettlement process of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their places of habitat as soon as possible.
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov, who is on a working visit to Sri Lanka, and his counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa have agreed there is potential for further developing bilateral political dialogue and cooperation in the economic, cultural and other sectors. This becomes clear from a joint press release, issued on Sunday by the Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry. The statement adds that the two sides enjoy...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Bulgaria marks on November 1 the National Enlighteners Day with a series of events organized all across the country. As part of an initiative, launched five years ago by the President Georgi Parvanov, statesmen and citizens will gather in front of the Presidency in Sofia to bow heads, while the national flag will be solemnly hoisted. The pinnacle in celebrations will be the change of guards in front...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov held talks early Friday with Australia PM Kevin Rudd in Canberra at the PM’s offices in Parliament House. Parvanov and Rudd discussed the two countries’ role in Afghanistan and the the importance of ensuring Afghanistan doesn't again become a safe haven for terrorists. NATO's ongoing role in leading the international military presence in Afghanistan was...
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