Sat, Nov 07 2009
Sergei Stanishev, since 2002 Bulgarian Socialist Party leader, was re-elected to the post last night at the party's 47th congress, taking place November 22 and 23 2008 at NDK in Sofia.
He was selected with 803 votes out of a total 853, daily Dnevnik reported on November 23.
Along with the party leader, also named were members of the BSP executive council, among whom now figure, according to news.bg, Transport Minister Petar Moutafchiev, Culture Minister Stefan Danailov, Regional Development and Public Works Minister Assen Gagaouzov, Roumen Ovcharov, State Agency for Youth and Sport head Vesselva Lecheva, Speaker of Parliament Georgi Pirinski, Smolyan mayor Dora Yankova and Bulgarian member of European Parliament Kristian Vigenin.
Kindergartens to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and universities to decide for themselves whether to suspend classes.
Five illegal immigrants from Iran and Iraq caught by Bulgarian police in Sliven.
Leonid Lavchev sent an intermediary to collect 1000 leva from a dairy farm in Haskovo, investigators say
Former labour minister Emilia Maslarova follows the example of Socialist party leader and former prime minister, Sergei Stanishev, in requesting that her MP immunity is lifted
Health Minister: Influenza strain is not seasonal flu, it is swine flu. More than 100 000 Bulgarians are down with the H1N1 strain.