The Constitutional Court has rejected the claim by MPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Vazrazhdane to declare unconstitutional the decision of the 48th National Assembly for holding negotiations on the construction of a new AP 1000 unit at Kozloduy NPP. The court session was attended by 10 constitutional judges, and the ruling was endorsed by 8 votes. Atanas Semov and Yanaki Stoilov attached a dissenting opinion.
On 12 January, the decision was approved in parliament by the MPs from GERB/SDS, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Democratic Bulgaria, Bulgarian Rise and one independent MP. The members of parliament from Vazrazhdane and the Bulgarian Socialist Party voted against, We Continue the Change abstained. According to the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Vazrazhdane, the decision runs counter to the principle of the separation of the executive from the legislature, and by designating the US technology, is in violation of the requirement for competition.
Public organizations in Bulgaria have announced a second day of boycott of grocery chains for February 20 , after reporting the success of the first such initiative in our country. On the first day of the boycott, according to data from the..
The Bulgaria Parliament will hear today the Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev about a "questionnaire" prepared by the US on topics related to Bulgaria's readiness to participate in a special military..
On Thursday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be between minus 14 °C and minus 8°C. In Sofia, it will be around minus 12°C. The day will be sunny but frosty. The thermometer values in most places will be negative. Before noon, there will be..
In Plovdiv, experts discuss issues of the food industry, in accordance with the most up-to-date requirements of the Bulgarian and European regulatory..
More than 550,000 people received support last year under the European programme Food and Basic Material Assistance – packages of staple foods and nine..
On February 19th, the day when Bulgarians worldwide commemorate 152 years since the passing of the Apostle of Freedom, Vasil Levski, Bulgaria’s National..
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