{{Infobox political party | country = Bulgaria | colorcode = {{party color|Reload Bulgaria}} | name = Bulgaria Awake | native_name = Будна България | logo = Reload Bulgaria.png | leader = Nikolay Barekov | foundation = 25 January 2014 as Bulgaria Without Censorship | headquarters = Cherni Vrah Blvd, Sofia, Bulgaria | ideology = {{nowrap|Right-wing populism<ref name="Nordsieck"/><br/>National conservatism<br />Bulgarian nationalism<ref name="Zeit"/><br/>Anti-corruption<ref name="Nordsieck">{{Cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/bulgaria.html|title=Bulgaria|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|date=2017|website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref><br />Euroscepticism}} | position = Centre-right {{small|(self-declared)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bulgariabezcenzura.bg/en/about-us/|title=Bulgaria Uncensored is a center-right political party.}}</ref> | newspaper = | youth_wing = | international = | european = Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (until 2019) | europarl = European Conservatives and Reformists<ref name="bnews.bg">{{cite web|url=http://www.bnews.bg/article-107712|title=Бареков и Джамбазки отиват при консерваторите в ЕП|publisher=bnews.bg|date=6 June 2014|accessdate=6 June 2014|archive-date=8 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608101516/http://www.bnews.bg/article-107712|url-status=dead}}</ref> | colours = White, Green, Red | seats1_title = National Assembly | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Reload Bulgaria}}}} | seats2_title = European Parliament | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|17|{{party color|Reload Bulgaria}}}} <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.cik.bg/ep2019/mandati/index.html |title=Европейски парламент :: Европейски парламент 2019 |website=results.cik.bg |access-date=2019-06-03 |date=2019-05-26}}</ref> | website = [http://www.prezaredibg.com/ prezaredibg.com] | flag = }}
'''Bulgaria Awake''' ({{langx|bg|Презареди България|Prezaredi Balgariya}}; formerly known as '''Reload Bulgaria''' ({{langx|bg|Презареди България|Prezaredi Balgariya}}, and '''Bulgaria Uncensored''', {{langx|bg|България без цензура}}) is a populist political party in Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2014/03/bulgaria|title=A controversial newcomer could be kingmaker|newspaper=The Economist|date=4 March 2014|accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref>
==History==
The party was founded by former TV host Nikolay Barekov in January 2014. It ran for the first time in the May 2014 European Parliament election,<ref>{{cite web|last=Kotseva|first=Antonia|title=Dimitar Avramov, Expert: BSP Picked Wrong Political Opponent|url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/160828/Dimitar+Avramov%2C+Expert%3A+BSP+Picked+Wrong+Political+Opponent|work=Novinite.com|publisher=Sofia News Agency|accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref> taking one seat in the European Parliament as part of a coalition with VMRO and joined the soft eurosceptic group of European Conservatives and Reformists.<ref name="bnews.bg">{{cite web|url=http://www.bnews.bg/article-107712|title=Бареков и Джамбазки отиват при консерваторите в ЕП|publisher=bnews.bg|date=6 June 2014|accessdate=6 June 2014|archive-date=8 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608101516/http://www.bnews.bg/article-107712|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The BWC-VMRO coalition did not last, however, and VMRO left to team up with other nationalist parties for the parliamentary elections of October 2014.<ref name=Novinite>{{cite web|title=Two Bulgarian Nationalist Parties Team Up for Early Elections|url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/162454/Two+Bulgarian+Nationalist+Parties+Team+Up+for+Early+Elections|website=Novinite.com|publisher=Sofia News Agency|accessdate=4 August 2014}}</ref> On 18 August 2014, BWC sealed a coalition agreement with LIDER to run in the upcoming elections.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulgaria without Censorship Strikes Alliance with Lider Party|url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/162782/Bulgaria+without+Censorship+Strikes+Alliance+with+Lider+Party|website=Novinite.com|publisher=Sofia News Agency|accessdate=22 August 2014}}</ref>
The party made contradicting comments on the form of government. In June 2014, Barekov declared his support for the restoration of the Bulgarian Monarchy and Simeon II as Tsar of Bulgaria.<ref name=reinstate>{{cite web|url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/161112/'Bulgaria+without+Censorship'+Leader+Backs+Reinstatement+of+Monarchy|title='Bulgaria without Censorship' Leader Backs Reinstatement of Monarchy|website=Novinite.com|publisher=Sofia News Agency|date=6 June 2014|accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref> He vowed that should his party win a general election, he would introduce referendums on a number of issues, including the restoration of the monarchy.<ref name=reinstate/> On other occasions he called for a people's republic.<ref name="Zeit">{{cite news|url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2014-05/bulgarien-europawahl-nationalisten/komplettansicht|title=Letzte Hoffnung EU|website=Die Zeit|date=9 May 2014|accessdate=5 April 2023 |last1=Stier |first1=Frank }}</ref>
Despite holding 15 seats in the Assembly, Reload Bulgaria chose not to compete in the 2017 parliamentary elections after being initially refused a name change, among other reasons.<ref>{{cite web | title=Reload Bulgaria Party Not to Participate in March 26 Elections | url=http://www.bta.bg/en/c/DF/id/1522501 | date=21 February 2017 | website=bta.bg | accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref> The party participated in the 2019 EU parliamentary elections, losing two seats.
In 2022, the party was renamed to Bulgaria Awake. The party has not contested an election since 2019, however, its nominal leader, Nikolay Barekov, participated in the October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election as the list leader for the APS in Vratsa.<ref>{{cite web | title=Кои са водачите на листи на АПС за изборите на 27 октомври | url=https://www.economic.bg/bg/a/view/koi-sa-vodachite-na-listi-na-aps-za-izborite-na-27-oktomvri | date=27 September 2024 | website=еconomic.bg | accessdate=13 October 2025}}</ref>
==Election results== ===National Assembly=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !Votes !% !Seats !Rank |- ! 2014 | 186,938 | 5.69% | {{Composition bar|15|240|{{party color|Reload Bulgaria}}}} | 6th |}
===European Parliament=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !Votes !% !Seats !Rank |- ! 2014 | 238,629 | 10.66% | {{Composition bar|2|17|{{party color|Reload Bulgaria}}}} | 4th |- ! 2019 | 3,907 | 0.19% | {{Composition bar|0|17|{{party color|Reload Bulgaria}}}} | 18th |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Political parties in Bulgaria}}
Category:European Conservatives and Reformists Party member parties Category:Conservative parties in Bulgaria Category:Monarchist parties Category:Monarchism in Bulgaria Category:Nationalist parties in Bulgaria Category:Political parties established in 2014 Category:2014 establishments in Bulgaria Category:Eastern Orthodox political parties Category:Right-wing populist parties