The Constitutional Court rejected the request by the Council of Ministers for an interpretation of provisions of the Constitution to decide whether the introduction of compulsory military training for reservists under the Armed Forces Reserve Act is permissible. The government should itself decide the conflict between two laws, whether it is permissible to introduce peacetime compulsory training for reservists.
The Council of Ministers asked whether the constitutional provision allows for the introduction of compulsory peacetime training of reservists without it leading to the reintroduction of compulsory military service for Bulgarian citizens in the form that existed before January 1, 2008. According to the report on the state of defense and the Armed Forces in 2022, the vacant places in the army are 19.7% of the staff. The shortage of officers is 23.4%, of sergeants- 10.9% and of soldiers- 24.2%.
The National Assembly has introduced a new requirement for state-owned enterprises to implement corruption risk management systems, which will also include appointing an integrity officer. The measure is recommended by the Organisation for Economic..
GERB leader Boyko Borissov said that he did not like budget 2026 and it would be frozen. Speaking to the media in parliament, Borissov said that the Joint Governance Council of the formations in the government, the Prime Minister..
North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski accused attacked Macedonian Bulgarian journalist Vladimir Perev of staging the attack and self-harm, BGNES has reported. On November 21, in a shop in the center of Skopje, Perev..
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