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Sofia City Council
The Sofia City Council is the legislative body of Sofia Municipality. It consists of 61 councilmen elected via proportional vote Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ... by constituents registered within the municipality. Committees The Council has fourteen permanent committees: * Assembly of the Territory, Architecture, and Housing policy (Chairperson: TBD); * Finances and Budget (Chairperson: TBD); * Healthcare and Social policy (Chairperson: TBD); * Protection of the Environment, agriculture and forests (Chairperson: TBD); * Regional self-governing and regulatory use (Chairperson: TBD); * Education, Culture, Science and Cultural diversity (Chairperson: TBD); * Economy, Property and Digital transformation (Chairperson: TBD); * Engineer infrastructure and Energy plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multicameralism (two or more chambers). Many multicameral legislatures were created to give separate voices to different sectors of society. Multiple houses allowed, for example, for a guaranteed representation of different social classes (as in the Parliament of the United Kingdom or the French States-General). Sometimes, as in New Zealand and Denmark, unicameralism comes about through the abolition of one of two bicameral chambers, or, as in Sweden, through the merger of the two chambers into a single one, while in others a second chamber has never existed from the beginning. Rationale for unicameralism and criticism The principal advantage of a unicameral system is more efficient lawmaking, as the legislative process is simpler and there is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PP–DB
PP–DB ( bg, ПП – ДБ) is an electoral coalition between We Continue the Change and Democratic Bulgaria in Bulgaria. The two groups merged prior to the 2023 election. Background Bulgarian political crisis Following numerous corruption scandals linked to the governing GERB party, several anti-corruption parties made breakthroughs in the April 2021 election. One of such parties was the liberal-conservative group, Democratic Bulgaria (DB). Due to the resulting political deadlock, no government could be formed and the country would go onto face two further elections in 2021, one in July and one in November. Before the November election, two popular ministers from Stefan Yanev's first interim government, Kiril Petkov and Asen Vasilev formed a new centrist political force, the We Continue the Change (PP). PP would go on to win the November election, and negotiated a government with DB, alongside the Socialist Party (BSP) and another anti-corruption party There Is Such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spasi Sofia
Spasi Sofia ( bg, Спаси София, , Save Sofia) is a Bulgarian non-governmental watchdog organization turned political party in November 2022. The organization monitors the work of the mayor and the administration of Sofia Municipality and raises the public awareness of many problems in the city management. The organization has been a vocal critic of numerous issues with the management of the public transport network, road infrastructure, public procurement and investments, the preservation of historic buildings and the city's cultural heritage. At the 2019 Bulgarian local elections Boris Bonev of Spasi Sofia was a candidate for both Mayor of Sofia This is a chronological list of mayors of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, since that post was established after the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878. The first governor of Sofia was Petr Alabin. Initially, the mayors of Sofia were assigned by the ... and municipal councilor. He finished 4th in the mayoral election with 10,77% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GERB-SDS
The GERB-SDS ( bg, ГЕРБ-СДС) is the Bulgarian two-party political coalition headed by Boyko Borisov. History A coalition between the two parties was formed ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria,. On 28 March 2019, an agreement between the two parties was officially signed. In the election, the coalition won first place and received 6 EP seats: 5 went to GERB, 1 to SDS. Party cooperation continued ahead of the April 2021 parliamentary election. The coalition has also signed the political partnership agreements with George's Day Movement, United Agrarians, the Movement for the Unity of the People and the Union of Repressed by Communism "Pamet" The coalition lists were registered in the electoral districts of the country on 1 March 2021. In the election, the coalition won 75 seats out of 240. The George's Day Movement movement entered into a coalition ahead of the snap July 2021 parliamentary election. The slogan of the coalition was "Order in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BSP For Bulgaria
The BSP for Bulgaria ( bg, БСП за България, BSP za Bŭlgariya), or the Coalition for Bulgaria ( bg, Коалиция за България, Koalitsiya za Bŭlgariya) until 2017, is a left-wing electoral alliance in Bulgaria led by the centre-left Bulgarian Socialist Party. A big tent of the democratic socialist left, it is a coalition of communist, left-wing nationalist, green, and social-democratic parties. On European Union politics, some of its members hold pro-European Pro-Europeanism, sometimes called European Unionism, is a political position that favours European integration and membership of the European Union (EU).Krisztina Arató, Petr Kaniok (editors). ''Euroscepticism and European Integration''. Polit ... views, while others hold more Eurosceptic stances. Members of the coalition Election results References External links BSP official website {{Bulgarian political parties Left-wing political party alliances Political party allian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revival (Bulgarian Political Party)
Revival () is an Ultranationalism, ultranationalist political party in Bulgaria, founded in August 2014. Its chairman is Kostadin Kostadinov (politician), Kostadin Kostadinov. The party is defined by various analysts and media as Hard Euroscepticism, anti-EU, Anti-Americanism, anti-American and pro-Russian. History In June 2014, Kostadin Kostadinov told media that on 2 August in the same year, in the city of Pliska there would be held a Constituent Assembly which was to create the party "Revival". The initiators choose the day that is the celebrated anniversary of the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, Ilinden Uprising. Kostadinov founded the party after he became unhappy following Krasimir Karakachanov's reelection as leader of IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement, IMRO-BNM in 2012. The party entered the Bulgarian parliament after the 2021 Bulgarian general election, 2021 general election, gaining 13 seats. A member of Revival's parliamentary group left them in June 2022. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Union Of The Right
The Conservative Union of the Right ( bg, Консервативно обединение на десницата, Konservativno obedinenie na desnitsata, abbreviated as КОД/KOD) is a conservative Bulgarian political party. Its founder and current leader is the former Minister of Health of Bulgaria, Petar Moskov. History The Conservative Union of the Right was founded on 29 March 2019 in Sofia by the former Minister of Health Petar Moskov, as well as other former members of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria. Moskov left the Reformist Bloc because he claimed that it was not right wing enough. His former coalition partners called his party a project of "anti-European authoritarian conservatism". Political positions KOD is strongly conservative and right-wing, viewing liberalism and socialism as its two biggest rivals. Moskov declared his opposition to centrism and "popular" parties and tried to impose conservatism as the dominant social force, believing that it suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement
VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement ( bg, ВМРО – Българско Национално Движение, translit=VMRO – Bulgarsko Natsionalno Dvizhenie), commonly known as VMRO, is a national conservative political party in Bulgaria. History The VMRO acronym is derived from the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, a historic Bulgarian-led revolutionary political organization in the Macedonia and Thrace regions of the Ottoman Empire, which the party claims as its predecessor. At the time of its founding in 1989, the organization's name was VMRO-Union of Macedonian Associations. At the fourth congress in 1997, VMRO-UMA dropped the UMA from its name. Initially, it was not involved in Bulgarian politics, but after 1994 it became politically active, registered as a party in 1996, and entered parliament in 1997 as a member of the United Democratic Forces coalition. Renamed VMRO-Bulgarian National Movement in 1998, the organization gradually transformed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Lev
The lev ( bg, лев, plural: / , ; ISO 4217 code: BGN; numeric code: 975) is the currency of Bulgaria. In old Bulgarian the word "lev" meant "lion", the word 'lion' in the modern language is ''lаv'' (; in Bulgarian: ). The lev is divided in 100 ''stotinki'' (, singular: , ). Stotinka in Bulgarian means "a hundredth" and in fact is a translation of the French term "centime". Grammatically the word "stotinka" comes from the word "sto" (сто) - a hundred. Since 1997, the lev has been in a currency board arrangement with initially the Deutsche Mark at a fixed rate of BGL 1000 to DEM 1. After the introduction of the euro and the redenomination of the lev in 1999, this has resulted in a fixed rate to the euro of BGN 1.95583 : EUR 1. Since 2020, the lev has been a part of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II). The lev is scheduled to be supplanted by the euro on 1 January 2024. Etymology The currency's name comes from the archaic Bulgarian word "lev," which meant "lionhtt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Sofia Mayoral Election
The 2023 Sofia mayoral election was held on 29 October 2023, during the 2023 Bulgarian local elections, to elect the next List of mayors of Sofia, mayor of Sofia. Background For the past 14 years (since 2009), the mayor of Sofia has been Yordanka Fandakova, from the party GERB. Yordanka Fandakova, Fandakova served four terms, including three full terms, as mayor of Sofia, becoming the first woman to serve in the position and the longest serving mayor of Sofia. During Fandakova's time in office, the public transportation system has been expanded, in particular with a number of projects aimed at expanding the Sofia Metro, Sofia metro. Additionally, Yordanka Fandakova, Fandakova has taken credit for initiating the project "Green Sofia", which is supposed to support initiatives meant to make Sofia more environmentally friendly. However, Fandakova's tenure as mayor has also come under scrutiny. Yordanka Fandakova, Fandakova has been accused of allowing corruption in new construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
