The Ministry of Justice has published, for public debate, two bills in fulfillment of the country’s commitments under the national recovery and resilience plan.
The consultations on the personal insolvency act will take place until 11 December. The request for personal insolvency shall be entirely voluntary and aims to provide fair satisfaction to creditors by way of a 3-year debt repayment plan by the debtor, guaranteeing subsistence protection for the debtor by setting down immunity from seizure of part of the debtor’s property. The bill also envisages legal procedures for persons with no incomes and property who are good faith debtors.
The consultations on the amendments to the act on whistleblower protection or protection of persons who make public information on breaches of Bulgarian or EU law will take place until 25 November. Persons practicing law who are bound to professional secrecy shall be protected when reporting breaches of Bulgarian or EU law endangering or damaging the public interest.
The cities of Sofia, Rotterdam and Cascais will compete for the title of "European Capital of Democracy" in 2026 . The selection will take place until March 12, 2025, by over 4,500 juries in 47 countries. Barcelona was the winner of the title in..
A surprising meeting, personally I think it should take place with all leaders within the EU and the UK. This was commented to BTA by Vice President Iliana Iotova on the occasion of the meeting of European leaders on Ukraine convened by French..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The Finance Ministry has confirmed that Minister Petkova will participate in the Eurogroup meeting on 17..
Kristiyan Vladov and Stefan Kyurkchiev of the Plovdiv Museum of Natural History are working on a project to bring live fish from the southern Arctic..
The one-year anniversary of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked with a memorial service in Sofia's St Nedelya Cathedral. It..
Expanding connectivity between Bulgaria and Turkiye is an investment in the development of the entire region, President Rumen Radev said at a meeting..
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