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Nikolay Markov, who until recently served as chairman of the parliamentary group of Bulgaria's newest right-wing party "Greatness," is not actually a member of the party, according to an announcement from the party's press center. Markov did not sign a membership declaration nor did he accept the party's statutes and values.

The Central Council of the "Greatness" party recently urged Nikolay Markov to resign as chairman of the parliamentary group and called for Viktoria Vasileva to step down from her role as deputy chairman in the National Assembly. This decision was officially announced on the party's website.

In a pivotal moment for the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), Delyan Peevski and Dzhevdet Chakarov have been elected as co-chairmen of the party during a national conference held in Sofia on Saturday.

The Central Council of the ruling Social Democratic Union /SDSM/ in the Republic of North Macedonia unanimously supported the French proposal to start negotiations for the country's EU membership.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the government over its policies introduced against the pandemic, reiterating that medical experts' advises must be heard in fighting the virus.

The Palestinian leadership is considering the annulment of the Oslo Accords following U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s “undivided” capital, said Mustafa Barghouti, a member of both the Palestinian Legislative Council and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council.

A building belonging to the University of Crete in Hania that has been used as a squat by anarchists since 2004 is a "space for social and leisure activities for residents and visitors," the Culture Ministry said in a decision sent to its Central Council for Modern Monuments.

Lyutvi Mestan has been dismissed as chairman of Bulgaria's DPS party, bTV reported on Thursday.

Mestan has also been expelled from the DPS' parliamentary group and from the party, bTV quoted a DPS spokeswoman as saying following an urgently convened ad-hoc meeting of the party's Central Council.