Energy was the highlighted topic at the talks between Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev held on Monday within the framework of the First Caspian Economic Forum in Turkmenistan.

In the coming weeks, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) lawmaker and Telegraph Media publisher Delyan Peevski and other MPs of the party are to unveil new initiatives to facilitate the country’s development, MRF legislator Yordan Tsonev recently told the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR). Tsonev stressed that the whole party was the driving force behind the programme, but added that Peevski was very active in its drafting.

Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borissov met United Arab Emirates Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Government Information Service said. “After we have boosted the relations between Bulgaria and UAE we have to keep this upward momentum and keep on developing this fruitful cooperation,” Borissov said.

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) plans to propose a BGN 0 subsidy for parties and introduction of the US funding model, MRF lawmaker and Telegraph Media publisher Delyan Peevski told reporters in the halls of the National Assembly. The decision is prompted by the proposal of GERB and the government to review the budget with a view to drastically cutting down the subsidy for political parties from BGN 11 to BGN 1, with the potential change to enter into force on 1 July.

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) considers the introduction of a draft bill aimed at reducing VAT on bread to 5%, said MP and publisher of Telegraph Media Delyan Peevski in the parliamentary lobby. Among the other ideas is the lower VAT on medicines and books as well as free kindergarten education.

Tsvetan Tsvetanov has resigned from all leadership posts in GERB after a discussion with GERB leader Boyko Borissov, the party said on Thursday. Tsvetanov's resignation has been accepted by Borissov, who thanked him for his work throughout the years.

Delyan Peevski is giving up his seat in the new European Parliament, which he won as a candidate of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) in Sunday's European elections, MRF leader Mustafa Karadayi told journalists in the National Assembly lobby on Wednesday, speaking in Peevski's presence.

The preferential voting element has rearranged the MEP candidate lists of two of the five political organisations that earned the right to have their representatives in the next European Parliament (EP). The surprising changes affect the lists of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the IMRO, with voters getting close to changing the order of even GERB’s list. The information is based on almost all protocols having been processed.

One more time the regional management of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) in Pazardzhik has organised a free dinner for the residents of the village of Pashovi, near the town of Velingrad. Part of iftar, the Muslim tradition of having an evening meal to break fast at sunset during the month of Ramadan, the event was attended by lawmaker and MEP candidate Delyan Peevski. The news was reported by the local newspaper Videlina, which notes that this is far from the first time that Peevski has honoured the meal and greeted the villagers.

Oligarch Ivo Prokopiev lobbied the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC) to support the idea of the state selling its remaining shares in the electricity distribution companies, arguing that it was not a good owner. The Council of Ministers, however, never made a decision on the matter specifically.