DPS-New Beginning boss Delyan Peevski flipped the script after protesters clashed with cops outside parliament by asking if beating police officers counts as democracy. The politician did not deny allegations that one of his MPs choked a PP youth member with coat hangers but fired back, asking if chasing lawmakers through offices and bringing back people's courts is supposed to be acceptable behavior.
Peevski threatened to flood the building with his own supporters if street demonstrations keep happening and said nobody grabs power by yelling outside the National Assembly. The guy promised social protections will stay in place and his party can handle the pressure while warning that communist party descendants will not get away with...
Academician Nikolay Denkov said one of his PP associates got jumped outside parliament, and they are filing with prosecutors to strip immunity from MP Hamid Hamid who apparently smacked the guy. Kaloyan Darvov claims Hamid choked another associate with a coat hanger after getting mad about being filmed, and medical records show minor injuries from the scuffle.
Denkov went off, saying the real aggression comes from lawmakers ramming through budgets without social dialogue instead of protesters expressing emotions about how decisions get forced on people. The associate insisted the demonstrations are not some anti-EU thing but pushback against the government bulldozing major policy without proper discussion, adding he just wants a...
Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association chair Svetoslav Benchev told NOVA NEWS that running something as massive as the Lukoil refinery would be a nightmare for the government since it basically controls the entire economy. The guy thinks the budget provision letting the state grab it is more like a backup plan if negotiations between the current owner and potential buyers fall apart or geopolitics shift in weird ways.
Benchev hopes Bulgaria does not go full seizure mode and nationalize the thing because that creates messy consequences for everyone involved, especially since oil operates in a free market without price controls like electricity or gas have. He worries the state will push for artificially low prices that wreck the business...
PP-DB co-chair Assen Vassilev said he is pumped that regular Bulgarians got heard after the government ignored opposition lawmakers, experts, and business groups who complained about the trash 2026 budget. GERB boss Boyko Borisov called an emergency meeting and killed the whole thing following massive street protests against higher social security payments and more taxes.
Ivaylo Mirchev from Yes Bulgaria wants the coalition to accept their policy ideas and dump all the planned business restrictions after citizens showed up and made noise. The ruling party caved hours later when Borisov told everyone at the Joint Governance Council meeting that they needed to restart talks with the Tripartite Council and calm everyone down.
Bulgarian PM Rosen Zhelyazkov basically admitted protests got too spicy and told parliament they need to care about regular people instead of playing political games. The guy said the budget is getting yanked and redone after social dialogue completely broke down, asking opposition reps to use their brains since everyone knows the governing majority is barely holding together.
Zhelyazkov announced talks with unions and employers are firing back up because social tension needs actual answers on keeping the peace. GERB boss Boyko Borisov already told reporters the budget stays dead until the tripartite council works out how the country will function going forward. The prime minister claimed they have enough runway to fix whatever is...
Burgas Customs is auctioning off a bunch of random stuff they grabbed from people trying to smuggle things through Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint between 2021 and 2024. The haul got split into 20 groups and covers everything from phones and construction materials to clothes and shoes after all the legal proceedings wrapped up.
One lot has 200 smartphones that someone stuffed around a car engine while driving from Bulgaria to Turkey. Another batch has rifle parts and a cartridge loader that customs found in boxes belonging to a Turkish dude heading to Germany. They also seized 1050 vape heads for e-hookahs that a Bulgarian wrapped around his waist with stretch film before crossing into Turkey. Anyone wanting to bid needs to fill out forms...
GERB leader Boyko Borissov told journalists the 2026 budget is getting yanked back for a full rewrite after he sat down with the prime minister and finance minister this morning. The dude said he has been complaining about this budget forever and wants it pulled until they get dialogue going again with the Tripartite council, so everyone can figure out how things will actually work going forward, adding they can just run on last year's budget like when Assen Vassilev went without one until August without the world ending.
When pressed on why they are scrapping it after the committee already approved it, Borissov said he tries listening when even one person shows up to protest and he has been doing dialogue for decades. The mandate...
Georgi Vuldjev from some Bulgarian economics club went on national radio, trashing the government's budget plans and backing businesses fighting against it. The guy said parliament rammed everything through without real discussion and the meeting turned into people screaming at each other when the opposition had zero room for actual dialogue about NHIF and NSSI budgets getting approved.
Vuldjev called out how Bulgaria keeps running massive deficits every year and only fixes problems by either borrowing more money or hiking taxes instead of cutting spending from people like Yordan Tsonev, who control public resources. He thinks public sector salaries should not be tied to private sector averages as some fixed percentage and departments...
MECH leader Ivelin Mihaylov went on TV saying he is not scared to show up at protests because people actually vibe with him, unlike some other dude named Mikhailov, and he said exposing frauds connected to Dimitar Baberkov got him targeted by Peevski provocateurs who shove cameras in his face. The guy broke phones when people would not back off after multiple warnings.
Radostin Vassilev from MECH said Baberkov needs to get locked up since he ran a financial pyramid scheme and tried covering it by getting into parliament, adding that around 15 people are the core of this scam operation. Vassilev called the current parliament a collection of bought votes from Peevski and Borisov, congratulated Assen Vassilev for how he handled things at...
