Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has notified the Constitutional Court in connection with a Resolution of the National Assembly for holding a national referendum at the initiative of TV host Slavi Trifonov and regarding three of the referendum questions: whether voting at elections and referenda should be allowed to take place also electronically and from a distance; whether the number of members of parliament should be cut from 240 to 120, and whether the heads of the regional and district departments of the Ministry of Interior should be elected with a majority vote in two rounds and with an absolute majority.
Bulgaria’s Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating a large-scale property fraud and money laundering scheme connected to the 'Historical Park', which is associated with Ivelin Mihaylov, the leader of the Velichie party. Those arrested include the..
The ruling party and the opposition argued about the procedure for the Budget Committee meeting before the final vote on the 2006 budget . Assen Vassilev, chairman of the We Continue the Change party, attempted to block the committee’s extraordinary..
Employees in the agriculture and forestry sector staged a protest in front of the Parliament, demanding higher salaries for workers in departments that are secondary budget administrators. The protest was organized by the National Federation of..
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