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.
GERB leader Boyko Borissov has called on the presidential institution to apologize for the position expressed by Vice President Iliana Iotova, questioning the legitimacy of the early elections on October 27, if not - to withdraw the decree for convening..
At a press conference in the National Assembly, MP Stanislav Balabanov from ITN has demanded the resignation of Caretaker Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov and the Director of the National Theater Vasil Vassilev. According to Balabanov, the law enforcement..
Over the next four years, the allowed catch for turbot in Bulgaria will be within the range of 82.5 tons. This is 10% more compared to the current allowed catch, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food says. The same quota has been set down for Romania..
A second night of protests took place outside the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia, but this time there were no physical confrontations. The protest..
There Is such a People (ITN) has collected 67 signatures and are submitting a complaint to the Constitutional Court for the partial annulment of the..
It is obvious that there is something wrong with the way the elections were held , Vice President Iliana Iotova told BNT. A few days ago, she described..
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