Nikolay Barekov

The former journalist and current leader of Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) Nikolay Barekov was extremely satisfied with his results in the European elections.

According to the latest parallel counts of Alpha Research, the center-right GERB party’s lead in the European elections is increasing.

The party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has 29.9% of the votes, followed by the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) with 19.5%.

Bulgaria's center-right opposition could lead on the Bulgarian Socialist Party with as many as 2 MEPs according to exit polls, the agency Mediana said after the first results of the European elections.

Voter turnout will be the decisive factor to determine which of the main parties, ruling BSP and the opposition GERB will win May 25's European elections, a recent poll shows.

According to the polling agency Gallup International, the two parties are running neck to neck, with support estimated between 500 000 and 600 000 for each of them.

GERB, Bulgaria's center-right opposition, has expelled its lawmaker Daniel Georgiev from the party.

The move was unanimously backed by GERB's executive committee, as the Deputy Chair of its parliamentary group, Tsetska Tsacheva, told the Bulgarian National Radio.

GERB even called on Georgiev to leave Parliament after he lately become notorious for quitting and

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and center-right GERB would both get 18.3% of the votes if the European elections were today, according to a Gallup International survey.

The survey was conducted between May 8 and May 15, with 1,011 eligible voters asked about their preferences.

If the European Parliament elections in Bulgaria were held today, the two main rivals would engage in a hotly-contested electoral battle, according to the Afis polling agency.

The office of the Bulgaria without Censorship party on Lomsko Shose Blvd in Sofia was set ablaze on Tuesday night.

The front window of the party's office was broken with a stone, after which a Molotov cocktail was thrown inside, according to reports of Sega daily.

The tip-off for the fire was submitted at 3 am on Wednesday.

Thirteen people running at May 25 European elections were part of Bulgaria's Communist-era State Security (DS), the Files Committee has announced.

The journalist-turned-politician Nikolay Barekov, who leads the Bulgaria without Censorship party, announced "one more lawmaker" was to quit center-right GERB on Tuesday.