The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared two Russian diplomats to Sofia persona non grata, the ministry announced on 23 September. The Russian embassy has been notified via an official note. The two diplomats have 72 hours to leave the country.

A Bulgaria’s court on Monday sentenced two men to life in prison over a deadly 2012 bus bomb attack on Israeli tourists at the country's Burgas airport, AFP reported from Sofia.

Hristo Ivanov is a master of behind-the-scenes’ behaviour, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov commented in a Facebook live, and next to him were standing the Speaker of the National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva and GERB's PG chairman Daniela Daritkova.

The Prime Minister Boyko Borissov proposes convening a Grand National Assembly and adopting amendments to the Constitution. He announced this by a Facebook video clip. They will propose decreasing the number of MPs from 240 to 120, as well as changes in the Supreme Judicial Council.

In the aftermath of President Rumen Radev inciting the Bulgarian people to rebel, outraged citizens have started a petition against him. Thousands have already signed it, supporting the impeachment of the head of state, who essentially called for a civil war.

The National Assembly rejected here on Tuesday the fifth motion for a vote of no-confidence in Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's third Cabinet. The motion was rejected by 124 votes with 102 voting in favour and eleven abstaining.
The no-confidence vote was tabled last week by the Socialists over corruption. The debates were held on Monday.

The ruling coalition remains stable and will continue to govern as presently constructed until the completion of its term. This was the news that came out of the meeting between GERB and its coalition partners held at the Council of Ministers building on 16 July. The ruling coalition’s priority is to survive the upcoming motion of no confidence. However, the statements of all three party leaders – Boyko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov and Krasimir Karakachanov – indicate that a significant cabinet reshuffle is on the horizon.

"We work well with the German ambassador. Now we prepare a Media Act. There should be no doubt about the purity of our media environment. We should do it to convince the Germany and US ambassadors, so that there will not be any comments on this subject." stated PM Boyko Borissov at the meeting with German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who is also Merkel's successor at the helm of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

GERB leader and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov demanded the resignations of Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov, of Interior Minister Mladen Marinov and of Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov, GERB's press centre reported late on Wednesday.

“What we are working towards is a common mechanism for all countries that has nothing to do with the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. Obviously someone copy-pasted part of a report from last year. The person who prepared the text made a mistake,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said in a bTV appearance regarding what turned out to be a machination - namely, the news that according to a European Commission report the monitoring mechanism for Bulgaria will not be lifted after all.