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The polling station in Brisbane

Low voter turnout in Australia, young people show interest in elections

Elections in Australia are proceeding normally, without any reported violations. However, voter turnout is lower as compared to the previous elections for MPs and Presidential elections. Bulgarians In New Zealand can vote only in the largest city,..

published on 6/9/24 12:46 PM

Our compatriots in Turkiye will mainly vote for MPs

The interest of our compatriots in Turkiye with voting rights is focused on the elections for MPs. This is so, because most voters there do not meet the residency requirement and will not be able to vote for MEPs. Emigrant organizations report voter..

published on 6/9/24 10:17 AM

The big question in these elections: will the protest vote prevail?

"If we had to make a comparison between Bulgaria and the Netherlands, both countries fell into a difficult situation related to the impossibility of forming a government in the past year. It was necessary to resort to extremely..

published on 6/9/24 10:12 AM

For the fifth time Bulgaria elects representatives to the European Parliament

Bulgaria has been a member of the EU since 1 January 2007. However, Bulgaria had representatives in the European Parliament before its official membership. In 2005, the National Assembly elected 18 Bulgarian MPs who had the status of Euro observers...

published on 6/9/24 8:00 AM

Bulgaria votes for National Assembly and European Parliament

Today is election day in Bulgaria, with voting for 17 Bulgarian members of the 720-seat European Parliament and for 240 members of the future 50 th National Assembly of Bulgaria. 32 political formations are taking part in the election race – 20..

published on 6/9/24 7:10 AM
Hristijan Mickovski

Balkan developments

Mickovski has a mandate to form government in North Macedonia VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickovski has a mandate until June 24 to present to the parliament the composition and program of the new government of North..

published on 6/7/24 1:21 PM

European elections campaign remained in the shadow of yet another early parliamentary vote in Bulgaria

On Sunday, June 9, Bulgaria elects the composition of the 50th National Assembly. These are the sixth early parliamentary elections in a row within a period of two and a half years, but this time they also coincide with the vote for a..

published on 6/5/24 4:00 PM

The extraordinary Sunday sitting of the Parliament does not gather a quorum

The extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly, convened for Sunday at the request of a group of MPs, did not take place due to lack of quorum. On the agenda was to be heard caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev about the Bulgarian position in..

published on 6/2/24 5:00 PM

Balkan developments

Reactions in the Balkans after UN resolution on genocide in Srebrenica The UN resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica caused strong reactions in the Balkans. The resolution designated July 11 as the International..

published on 5/31/24 2:39 PM

Balkan developments

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova took an oath to be "president of Macedonia" The inauguration of Gordana Siljanovska as the first female president of the Republic of North Macedonia caused an international scandal. In..

published on 5/17/24 2:15 PM