Bulgaria's Constitutional Court

Bulgaria's Constitutional court has abolished unanimously compulsory voting, reported Praven Svyat. The decision was adopted with 11 votes "for" since Anastas Anastasov was absent from the meeting on Thursday.

Bulgaria will hold on Sunday a national referendum on the voting system, election rules, and state subsidies handed out to political parties.

The national poll will coincide with the presidential elections, whose first and second round are scheduled for November 06 and November 13, respectively.

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The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (ABV) and independent MP Velizar Enchev have collected 48 signatures in favor of referring to the Constitutional Court the ratification of the contract for the issue of new debt worth up to BGN 16 B.

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has revoked sections of communications legislation allowing for the storage of telecommunications metadata and the access to them by Interior Ministry officials and other security personnel.

Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) is to announce the official results of the early parliamentary elections by October 9 at the latest.

By Thursday, the CEC is to publish the number of votes received by the different parties and coalitions, as well as the number of MP seats.

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court on Thursday revoked the 20% fee levied on the income of photovoltaic plants and wind farms that has spooked investors.

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court (KS) is expected to revoke the 20% fee on the revenues of photovoltaic plants and wind farms.

The fee was introduced by Parliament in the beginning of 2014.