Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved a temporary committee of inquiry to study the facts and circumstances related to the information in European and Bulgarian media about scandalous bribe scheme for acquisition of Bulgarian passports. The committee must present the results in a report within 3 months. Let us remind that at the end of October this year the Chairman of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad Petar Haralampiev was detained in an investigation of corruption scheme for illegal issuing of Bulgarian origin certificates. Over 20 people were arrested in the operation. Later, Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov said that the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad may be closed.
High temperatures and low water levels have led to a mass fish die-off in trout farms, BNT reports. According to the Association of Fish Products Producers in Bulgaria, the problem affects farms across the country, as in some places..
Students of the Bulgarian School “Peyo Yavorov” in Milan are on a five-day trip to Bulgaria under the “Educational Routes” program of the Ministry of Education and Science, the school wrote on its Facebook page. “This year, our..
Over 170 spills of oil and marine fuel have been detected in the Bulgarian Black Sea waters over the past year, according to data from the non-governmental organizations Greenpeace – Bulgaria and SkyTruth. The total area of the..
After the update of pensions under the so-called Swiss rule from July 1 by 8.6%, the average monthly pension of a Bulgarian pensioner for July exceeded..
"There is no control body and it is not clear who checks the sports attractions, as well as who is responsible for their use". This was..
The Food Safety Agency of Azerbaijan has imposed temporary restrictions on the import of certain goods from some regions of Bulgaria and Croatia due to..
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