Delyan Peevski

Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski has said it was he who asked the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party to endorse him.

Oresharski, whose tenure is associated with nationwide protests and the collapse of Bulgaria's fourth-largest lender, is running has an independent in the November 06 presidential elections. 

The second-biggest opposition party of Bulgaria, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) has endorsed former PM Plamen Oresharski in the presidential elections.

There are as many as twenty-one presidential pairs running the forthcoming elections in Bulgaria, all competing to take over the office of President.

As many as 24 pairs have registered with Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission as candidates to run in the presidential elections in November.

Former PM and current candidate for president Plamen Oresharski sees GERB and DPS as "possible partners" in his pre-election campaign.

Outgoing French Ambassador Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes has called on Bulgarians not to emigrate, arguing those who did were leaving the country into the heads of controversial lawmaker Delyan Peevski.

Controversial lawmaker and alleged media mogul Delyan Peevski has said he has renounced three of his offshore companies.

In a declaration under conflict of interest law submitted last week, he states he has sold Redwood Capital Ltd., Uno de senso Group Ltd., and Richi International Ltd.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Monday openly suggested Delyan Peevski, a lawmaker from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party, was "leaving the country".

Kaloyan Pargov, who heads the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)'s structure in the capital Sofia, has called on Parliament to dissolve itself to pave the way for early elections.

Pargov has made his remarks at a party meeting in Sofia  that has to end with a vote for a new leader, with Pargov expected to be elected for another term in office, according to Dnevnik.bg.

Lawmakers in Bulgaria have voted to approve on second reading changes to the Bank Insolvency Act paving the way for the publication of a report tracking the assets of insolvent Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank or KTB).

Until now the text was only available in Parliament's secret registry, which was not accessible to the general public but only to lawmakers.