Sergei Stanishev News

Left to right: Simeon Saxe-Coburg, Ahmed Dogan and Sergei Stanishev at the Lozenets state residence before a meeting of the tripartite coalition council in December 2008.

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, leader of the leftist Bulgarian Socialist Party , has given up his immunity from prosecution in the face of pressure from the country's state attorney and the Bulgarian Parliament, after Stanishev allegedly leaked state secrets.

Former labour minister Emilia Maslarova has asked Parliament to strip her from her MP's immunity from prosecution, Bulgarian news agency BTA said on November 6 2009.

In the midst of the row about whether or not former prime minister Sergei Stanishev had misplaced secret State Agency for National Security documents, Prosecutor-General Boris Velchev made some astonishing suggestions.

The Bulgarian Cabinet has passed a bill aimed at expediting delivery of medication necessary to combat the new H1N1 influenza, Dnevnik daily reported.

Former prime minister Sergei Stanishev, leader of the biggest party in opposition, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, has filed a request before Parliament to voluntarily give up his MP's immunity from prosecution following Prosecutor-General Boris Velchev's insistence that he do so, news agencies said on November 4 2009.

Prosecutors will request Parliament to lift former prime minister Sergei Stanishev's immunity from prosecution, Bulgarian-language Dnevnik daily quoted Sofia city prosecutor Nikolai Kokinov on November 3 2009.

Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security had operated on a chaotic basis and some agency staff had behaved like organised crime groups, former SANS deputy chairperson Ivan Drashkov told bTV on October 28 2009.

A half-empty parliament adopted a declaration that slammed the persistent absence of the opposition Socialist and ethnic Turkish parties leaders.

Every time there is a scandal in Bulgaria, the country's Prosecutor-General's office has to act like a fire department, Prosecutor-General Boris Velchev told journalists on October 29 2009.

Belgrade Insighta s food critic, Trencherman, offers his unique view on the Medvedev visit The European Broadcasting Union on Monday attacked Hashim Thaci, Kosovoa s prime minister, for turning public service broadcaster RTK, into a "media arm of the ruling party". Bulgaria Judiciary Politics Sofia Bulgaria PM Sergey Stanishev Former Bulgarian ...

On October 28 2009 the European Commission is expected to propose further financial compensation to Bulgarian for the closure of four reactors of its nuclear power plant in Kozloduy on the Danube, EC sources told Dnevnik.

Bulgaria will increase the fees for road tax vignettes for light motor vehicles, lorries and buses from 2010, Regional Development Minister Rosen Plevneliev told Bulgarian National Radio.

Ekaterina Boncheva, a journalist and member of the commission for opening the dossiers of the socialist-secret services, has filed a complaint against the Bulgarian Socialist Party and its leader and former prime minster Sergei Stanishev for invasion of privacy.

Education Minister Yordanka Fandukova is considered the favourite to win the mayoral elections in Sofia against Bulgarian Socialist Party candidate Georgi Kadiev Photo: Anelia Nikolova Campaigning in the November 15 2009 special mayoral elections in Sofia, Vratsa, Pravets, Razlog, Belgelzh village and Sofia's borough Pancherevo starts on October 20 ...

CHALLENGER: Tatyana Doncheva, reportedly bidding for the BSP leadership, has described incumbent Sergei Stanishev as a 'helpless boy'. Photo: Georgi Kozhuharov In-fighting in the Bulgarian Socialist Party ahead of its October 18 congress was leaving the protagonists red in tooth and claw.

Gowind-200 DCNS' 103m, 1,950t Gowind corvettes are directly derived from the design and technological lead advances of the new Franco-Italian FREMM multi-mission frigates .

Unlike its predecessor, the new government in Sofia acknowledges that, yes, even in Bulgaria, there's an economic crisis.

The reason was simple: Bokova comes from a family who occupied a special place in communist-era Bulgaria.

The row surrounding the Bulgarian Socialist Party's nomination for the upcoming Sofia mayoral elections illustrates the deep crisis engulfing the former ruling party.