Krasimir Karakachanov

On the eve of May 6 - St. George's Day, also honoured as Bravery Day and the Day of the Bulgarian Army, West - and Central European Metropolitan Antonyi held a festive prayer ceremony at the Sv. Georgi Pobedonosets (Victorious St.George) Church in Sofia, BNR reported.

They day after the new Bulgarian government stepped into office in an interview with Standard newspaper, Parvan Simeonov from Gallup International agency, said that Bulgaria has received a ''cabinet of lessons learned'', representing a ''soft Orban cocktail''.

The Co-Chairman of the United Patriots Krasimir Karakachanov has said that talks with GERB for a coalition agreement continue today, BNR reported.

At the Bulgarian National Assembly, the talks between the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) and coalition United Patriots - NFSB, VMRO and Ataka are continuing, according to  FOCUS News Agency.

The negotiation teams of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) and United Patriots - NFSB, Ataka, and VMRO are holding a meeting at the National Assembly building in relation to forming a government, according to Focus News.

The future ministerial positions proportions haven't been discussed again at today's round of expert consultations between GERB and the United Patriots, said for the BNR leader of VMRP Krasimir Karakachanov.

GERB party, which won the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria and the United Patriots coalition - National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria, VMRO and Ataka - held a meeting in Sofia, according to BNR.

After the meeting, VMRO leader Krasimir Karakachanov commented that there are no negotiations on the formation of a new cabinet as yet and that such talks are yet to be held.

GERB have not invited other formations for negotiations on the forming of a cabinet yet.

The coalition United Patriots and the party Volya of businessman Veselin Mareshki are already adamant that, if they are made an offer to support the new government, they will insist on having their own ministers.

DOST want a cassation of the snap elections on the grounds that the constitutional rights of Bulgarians abroad have been violated.

The leader of DOST Lutvi Mestan insists that the Prosecutor General revoke the immunity of Valery Simeonov, Krasimir Karakachanov, as well as of BSP and GERB representatives.

Leaders and supporters of the United Patriots blockaded Bulgaria's main checkpoint with Turkey, Kapitan Andreevo, at 10am on Tuesday, claiming they were seeking to stop busloads of Bulgarian Turks arriving from Turkey to vote in the weekend's parliamentary elections.