Georgi Kiriakov

Popular Bulgarian TV host Slavi Trifonov announced on Thursday that a host of would-be politicians would be interviewed on February 2, 3, 4 and then broadcast online, so that Bulgaria citizens can be more "objectively informed".

Bulgaria's new head of state, ex-air force chief Rumen Radev, who was inaugurated on Sunday, is due to dissolve parliament on Thursday and to appoint an interim cabinet on Friday, sources told BIRN.