Bulgarian MP

Austria has asked Bulgarian authorities to issue an arrest warrant against Bulgarian MP Delyan Peevski, Markus Bernath argues in the daily Der Standard.

The country's National Criminal Intelligence Service (BK) acted after Bulgarian banker Tsvetan Vasilev requested it start an investigation into death threats allegedly involving Peevski.

European Liberals have distanced themselves from the controversial nomination of Bulgarian MP Delyan Peevski for the European Parliament elections.

Bulgarian MP Delyan Peevski, whose appointment as head of the national security service sparked nationwide outrage, was confirmed to be second in his party's EU Elections list.

The order in the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS)'s list was confirmed after the party introduced it to the Central Electoral Commission, Bulgaria's television channel bTV reported.

Bulgarian MP Deliyan Peevski, whose appointment as head of the national security agency sparked nationwide outrage, will reportedly be second in his Party's EU Elections list.

“The Bulgarians don't think what will they do, when they take a credit”, said Georgi Kadiev, Bulgarian Socialist Party MP. 

“Those people need someone to protect them from themselves, because they don't think,” he added in an interview for Nova TV, regarding the amendments to the Consumer Credits Act, aiming to cap the interest rates at 50.5% per year. 

Former member of Bulgaria's center-right GERB and former chairman of the Velingrad local structure of the party Angel Daskalov announced he was leaving the party.

Svetlin Tanchev, an MP formerly from the largest opposition group GERB, will represent the newly-established party Bulgaria Without Censorship.

Although he has not joined the party, he is expected to stand for its interests in the Bulgarian Parliament starting from Tuesday, Dnevnik.bg reports.