The unanimous backing is a “clear sign of the trust that we have in Kristalina”, who has “showed stronger leadership in the last couple of years, especially during unprecedented crisis", Belgian finance minister Vincent Van Peteghem told reporters.
Traditionally, the post of managing director of the IMF is occupied by a representative of Europe, while that of the World Bank - by a United States' representative. Support at European level is therefore key to the nomination. The final decision is taken by the Fund's Board of Executive Directors, which is made up of 24 members representing the votes of individual member countries.
"We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" are reviewing the video recordings from the election sections in order to collect evidence of vote rigging, PP co-chairman Asen Vassilev told BNR. At the moment when sufficient facts are..
"When I look at the CCTV footage, I have the feeling that some of the sectional election commissions did not work according to the rules." That is how chair of the CEC, Kamelia Neikova, commented information about manipulations related..
By order of caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, the institutions are ready to provide assistance to Spain after the floods in Valencia, the Council of Ministers reported. If the authorities in Madrid request support,..
In the elections on October 27 this year there were problems in both phases of the process - when the votes were submitted and when they..
Over 1/3 of the cases of African swine fever among wild boars in Europe have been registered in Bulgaria , the Association of Pig..
A total of 249 projects for electricity generation from renewable sources and electricity storage, worth about 268.9 million euros will..
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