Bulgarians vote for local authorities

STORY: Bulgarians vote for local authorities DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Sofia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of polling stations 2. various of voters STORYLINE: Bulgarians went to polls on Sunday to elect mayors and municipal councilors. As many as 12,299 polling stations opened across the country at 7:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) for over six million eligible voters to cast their ballots. The elections are held every four years. In this year's elections, almost 39,000 candidates are competing for the posts of mayors of the 265 municipalities and 3,041 mayoralties in Bulgaria, and the 35 quarters in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, as well as 5,053 seats in the municipal councils. A candidate for mayor must gain more than half of the valid votes to win the position in the first round. If no one gains more than 50 percent of votes in the first round, the top two runners will compete in a run-off on Nov. 5. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sofia. (XHTV

Kyushu Electric managers to stay on

Kyushu Electric managers to stay on

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2011. The utility announced a three-month, 100-percent salary cut for Manabe and Chairman Shingo Matsuo over a scandal involving the company manipulating public opinion in favor of restarting reactors at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture. The two top executives will remain in their posts.

Nagayasu to head Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ from April 1

Nagayasu to head Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ from April 1

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunori Nagayasu (R), the newly nominated president of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), the newly nominated chairman, speak to the press in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after the bank announced the top-level management change. Nagayasu is currently vice president, and Kuroyanagi the president. The two will assume their new posts on April 1.

Ex-NEC president, chairman Sekimoto dies at 80

Ex-NEC president, chairman Sekimoto dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Former NEC Corp. President and Chairman Tadahiro Sekimoto (file photo taken April 1997), known for making the company a global computer giant during his 18-year tenure in the two top posts, died of a stroke Nov. 11 at a Tokyo hospital, the company said Nov. 12. He was 80. (Kyodo

Nagayasu to head Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ from April 1

Nagayasu to head Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ from April 1

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunori Nagayasu (R), the newly nominated president of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), the newly nominated chairman, speak to the press in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after the bank announced the top-level management change. Nagayasu is currently vice president, and Kuroyanagi the president. The two will assume their new posts on April 1. (Kyodo)

Ex-NEC president, chairman Sekimoto dies at 80

Ex-NEC president, chairman Sekimoto dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Former NEC Corp. President and Chairman Tadahiro Sekimoto (file photo taken April 1997), known for making the company a global computer giant during his 18-year tenure in the two top posts, died of a stroke Nov. 11 at a Tokyo hospital, the company said Nov. 12. He was 80. (Kyodo

Kyushu Electric managers to stay on

Kyushu Electric managers to stay on

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2011. The utility announced a three-month, 100-percent salary cut for Manabe and Chairman Shingo Matsuo over a scandal involving the company manipulating public opinion in favor of restarting reactors at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture. The two top executives will remain in their posts. (Kyodo)