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Former ministers from the Denkov cabinet returned to Parliament as MPs

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At the beginning of today's parliamentary sitting, Parliamentary Speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov congratulated Muslims in Bulgaria on the holiday of Ramadan Bayram. 

Former Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and ex-finance minister Assen Vassilev returned to parliament as MPs, Zhelyazkov said. 

Atanas Slavov and Andrei Tsekov, who were justice and regional ministers, returned to the deputy banks. 

Atanas Slavov
The resignation of national ombudsman Diana Kovacheva was also announced. Kovacheva has been elected judge at the European Court of Human Rights. By law, the early termination of her powers is not subject to a vote. 

The Parliament rejected the request of Vazrazhdane Party to hear the Director of Military Intelligence, Gen. Venelin Venev on journalistic investigations into interference in the work of the service by the co-chair of Democratic Bulgaria, MP Atanas Atanasov.




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