The European Commission has received the signal sent by the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union regarding the case with the union chairperson, Asena Stoimenova, who was accused of instilling panic in interviews given for Bulgarian public media outlets. The EC stresses that measures against the Covid-19 pandemic should be limited to the necessary protection of public health. This is especially important when it comes to freedom of expression. Free expression in the context of pluralism of views and the free flow of information are crucial for the democratic debate as well as for the scientific process, the response sent to the Bulgarian National Radio reads.
Bulgaria will not yet request an extraordinary convergence report - a key step towards joining the eurozone. This was announced by Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova from the rostrum in Parliament. She said that during her meetings with the EU..
On the eve of February 1 - the day on which Bulgaria pays homage to the victims of the communist regime - the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) party announced that it was tabling a bill for the removal of all monuments that symbolise..
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) is the only representative of the country's traditional Eastern Orthodoxy. This was decided by MPs in the final amendments to the Law on Religious Denominations. The amendment, which states that only the BOC can use the..
Economists and financiers have started a petition demanding that a request for an extraordinary convergence report on the introduction of the euro in..
The Deputy Chairman of VMRO, Carlos Contrera, called for a boycott of large food chains in Bulgaria ''because of high prices''. His call on Facebook..
Bulgaria’s consul to Sweden Stefan Stoykov has met with the eight Bulgarian sailors, members of the crew of the ship Vezhen suspected of sabotaging a..
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