The European Parliament has approved the members of the parliamentary committees for the remaining two and a half years of its mandate. The number of Bulgarian MEPs in those committees has remained almost unchanged. There are 3 Bulgarian MEPs in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Culture and Education also consist of 3 Bulgarian MEPs each. On Wednesday MEP Andrey Kovachev was re-elected a quaestor at the Parliament’s Bureau.
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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