The coalition We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria nominated Academician Nikolay Denkov for prime minister. “We have no right to substitute the votes of 620,000 Bulgarian citizens. We are following the decision we made –to not support the first mandate for the formation of a government,” said We Continue the Change co-chair Kiril Petkov at a press conference, and added that the leaders of the coalition Hristo Ivanov, General Atanas Atanasov and Vladislav Panev were not being nominated for cabinet ministers.
The coalition sets down 5 government priorities – Bulgaria’s entry into the Schengen area and the Eurozone, tackling inflation, implementation of all delayed conditions and measures connected with the Recovery and Resilience Plan, and amending the financing of regional projects.
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev cancelled the meeting, scheduled for today, of the National Tripartite Council on the draft budget for 2006 after, in an unprecedented move, businesses decided not to take..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among them a direct link Bucharest-Sofia-Athens. According to the plan, using the trans-European..
President Rumen Radev has returned for a new discussion in parliament the adopted legal amendments, according to which the sale of assets of Russian company Lukoil in the country will take place after a decision of the Council of..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among..
The European Commission has decided to withhold EUR 215 million from the second payment under Bulgaria’s recovery and resilience plan, the EC told the..
With 111 votes for, 51 against and 43 abstained, the National Assembly approved the establishment of an ad-hoc committee to investigate the activities..
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