Rosen Plevneliev

Bulgarian lawmakers have gathered to vote on the resignation of the government led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

On Sunday, Borisov announced he would step down over the results of the presidential election. He deposited the resignation a day later.

President Rossen Plevneliev confirmed Bulgaria's constant support for the European integration of Moldova.

The meeting of the parliamentary group of GERB and President Rossen Plevneliev will take place on Thursday, announced in Parliament the Deputy Chairman of the party Tsvetan Tsvetanov.

There will be political consultations which the President will hold with all groups represented in Parliament in order to look for solutions useful for the state, said Tsvetanov.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has asked the Constitutional Court whether the head of state can call a new early election without dissolving Parliament.

Both President Rosen Plevneliev and President-elect Rumen Radev will have a say in the next caretaker government Bulgaria will have, local media report.

Bulgaria's centre-right Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, submitted his resignation to parliament on Monday, after a left-wing opposition candidate defeated his nominee in the presidential election.

An emergency vote in parliament on his decision to step down is expected on Tuesday.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and President-elect Rumen Radev are set to meet in Sofia on Monday, officials say.

Plevneliev is receiving Radev at the Presidency less than 24 hours after exit polls suggested the latter was overwhelmingly winning the presidential race and would become the next head of state.

Bulgaria seems poised to hold a snap general election after Sunday's presidential vote - but not before next year.

With a presidential transition due over the months to come, the President's competence to dissolve Parliament - a key prerequisite to setting an election date - is limited under the constitution.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has said he will step down after the candidate his party backed in the presidential elections, speaker of parliament Tsetska Tsacheva, got only 35 per cent in Sunday's run-off vote.

According to local media, Borissov also called for an early parliamentary election after the centre-right Tsacheva's defeat.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said he will step down next week, just after his candidate Tsetska Tsacheva emerged as a loser of the presidential election's runoff.

He has also urged an early election, warning the next government would be made by the socialist opposition party BSP and ethnic Turk-dominared DPS if his mandate is handed over to the socialists.