2013–14 Bulgarian protests against the Oresharski cabinet

Bulgarian police officers renewed their protests against the proposed changes to the Interior Ministry Act, which foresee cuts to the compensation paid upon retirement and reduction in the number of days of paid annual leave new officers will be entitled to.

On Monday, there were protests in Sofia, Plovdiv, Pleven and Gotse Delchev, private bTV station informs.

Korneliya Ninova, a lawmaker from the biggest oppostion party, the BSP, has said she is entering the leadership race at the party.

She has confirmed, in an interview with private bTV broadcaster, her participation in the process of electing a new leader for the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) due on May 7-8 in Sofia as socialist are t o have a special congress.

A committee of lawmakers is to hold a hearing of candidates to take over as members of the Commission for the Protection of Competition, Bulgaria's anti-monopoly watchdog.

Parliament is to carry through the procedure despite concerns raised Radan Kanev, the leader of DSB party, and subsequently by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov that the election might be flawed.

Former DPS party chair Lyutvi Mestan has said he is ready for a "deep conversation" about the oligarchs that have dominated Bulgaria for years, but has added "Prime Ministers" should also be involved.

Mestan on Sunday did an interview with private bTV station after launching his political project, Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance (DOST), a day earlier.

Controversial Bulgarian MP Delyan Peevski will now be protected by a national agency after data was received of a planned attack against him, the Interior Ministry has said.

Turkish Ambassador to Sofia Suleyman Gokce has refuted claims that his country has pressured Bulgarian politicians into taking sides.

Ankara "has never asked any Bulgarian politician to take sides with regard to another political or publicly important figure in Bulgaria," he told private national bTV station on Saturday.

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, leader of the MPs from the main party in the governing coalition, GERB, has been elected chairman of the Domestic Security and Public Order Commission in Parliament, replacing Atanas Atanasov.  

As expected, the incumbent Bulgarian government survived its first vote of no confidence on Friday.

The opposition subjected the government to a censure motion for failure in its healthcare policies.

Lawmakers in Bulgaria are set to hold a debate on the first motion of no confidence against the coalition government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Wednesday.

In case parliamentary elections were held today, 24.1 % would vote for the largest ruling party GERB, 11.9 % would support the largest opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), while 40.4 % would not cast a ballot.

This is revealed by the latest political and economic index of Gallup International released on Tuesday.