Bulgaria is at risk of losing the 2.5 billion euros provided for this year under the Recovery and Resilience Plan if it does not implement the necessary reforms, said outgoing Innovation and Growth Minister Daniel Lorer in Brussels, where he met with Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager. He added that the time of the Bulgarian parliament needed to be extended to adopt the most critical reforms.
The Plan requires "a lot of laws to be adopted on schedule" - among them the legislature on the anti-corruption commission, on public procurement, and the Trade Law. "There is no time to lose, the danger of losing the funds is real if we cannot convince the Commission that we are passing these laws," Daniel Lorer stressed.
The Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) ruled that the acting chief prosecutor's powers automatically terminate after the six-month period allowed by legislation. Consequently, Borislav Sarafov is no longer acting chief prosecutor,..
Bulgaria is guarding Europe’s borders “extremely well and successfully,” Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said in Copenhagen ahead of the European Political Community meeting, the government press service reported. He noted that, compared to 2024,..
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has decided to end its monitoring of Bulgaria, with 101 votes in favour, 3 against, and 1 abstention. Speaking from the parliamentary rostrum, Stanislav Balabanov of the “There Is Such a..
The Pumpkin Festival and the holiday of the village of Stefanovo will be held over the weekend, Dobrich Municipality announced...
Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev has been awarded the prestigious "Journalist of the Year" award at the PRIX EUROPA European media..
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