The third session of the 44th Bulgarian National Assembly begins on the day of the official opening of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The ruling GERB party announced that its main legislative initiatives will aim at strengthening public order and security, improving education, labor market, healthcare and fighting corruption. The foreign-policy priorities of GERB party will be linked with Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen Area and the Eurozone and the abolishment of the Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification. In a declaration about its priorities during the new political season the Bulgarian Socialist Party announced that it would provide constructive support during the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, but it will not keep silence and on January 17 will table in Parliament a request for no-confidence vote against the current government over corruption.
''I am not surprised that the president’s veto concerning the sale of Lukoil’s assets was overturned, because even on such a delicate, serious and worrying issue, there were no arguments or discussion'', Vice President Iliana Iotova told journalists..
Birth rate in Bulgaria has decreased by 33% over the past three decades. In 1994, 79,442 live births were registered in the country, while in 2024 the number dropped to 53,428. 6.5% of Bulgarian children are now born through in vitro fertilization..
The majority in parliament overcame the president's veto on the Investment Promotion Act. The bill was passed in second reading on October 24, but President Rumen Radev vetoed parts of it, arguing that the proposed rules specifically..
The Sofia City Court has postponed the extradition case of Igor Grechushkin, the owner of a cargo ship linked to the explosion at the port of Beirut in..
The Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) has proposed the introduction of temporary restrictions on the movement of heavy trucks weighing over 12 tons along..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said that the state’s representative at Lukoil could include more than one appointed manager, in line with upcoming legal..
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