Radan Kanev

Right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) leader Radan Kanev on Saturday called on party members and the civil society to embrace his proposal for a union "around values."

Bulgaria's outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva has said the collapse of the current cabinet does not bring about a demise of the Reformist Bloc (RB) coalition which she co-chairs.

The RB, a loose coalition of centrist and right-wing parties, was the junior coalition partner in the outgoing Bulgarian administration.

The new political project of Radan Kanev will seek the support of the voters from the right spectrum who voted for Rumen Radev. Тhis was announced by Atanas Atanasov - member of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) during an interview on private Nova TV.

Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) have left the Reformist Bloc, announced the leader of the party Radan Kanev on Wednesday.

He confirmed that a new right-wing project is in the making.

The Reformist Bloc (RB) coalition will back the main ruling party's nominee in the runoff of presidential elections in Bulgaria, RB co-chair Bozhidar Lukarski has said.

His move may open a rift may open in the junior partner of Bulgaria's minority coalition government as one of the parties in the alliance mulls leaving.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has kept a stiff upper lip after a vulgar address used by an opposition party leader - but social media haven't.

Radan Kanev, who heads the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB), on Monday lashed out at the Reformist Bloc coalition, of which DSB is a member, for not being able to withstand pressure from Borisov.

Tensions are rising between GERB party of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and a party which is a member of the Reformist Bloc, GERB's junior partner in the coalition government, but has been in opposition since December.

Right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) have decided to remain part of the junior partner in the coalition government, the Reformist Bloc (RB), bTV broadcaster reported.

The delegates to the party's national conference in Sofia on Sunday also decided that DSB will remain in opposition to the minority coalition cabinet composed of centre-right GERB and the RB.

The only candidate for chairperson of Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition (KZK), Rosen Zhelyazkov, withdrew his candidacy on Wednesday.

Zhelyazkov said that he did not want to compete against himself and by withdrawing his candidacy, he wanted to eliminate all suspicions on the predetermined outcome of the selection procedure.

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.