The recommendation of ruling party GERB to support changes in the Electoral Code, that are to abolish the restriction on opening of maximum of 35 polling stations in other countries, is the main topic of today's press. "Sega" points out the warning of coalition "United Patriots - NFSB, Ataka and VMRO" that it would withdraw its support for the government if the limitation on the number of voting stations in Turkey was lifted. Dnevnik looks in detail at the decision of BZNS to initiate a debate on the topic in the Reform Bloc Coalition with the idea for possible early elections in the spring of 2017. In an article entitled "Earthquake in the ruling coalition,”Standard writes that reformers and patriots were twisting the arms of GERB because of the Electoral Code.
Today "Standard" focusеs on uresolved problems in the "Babino" mine in Bobov Dol, where miners were protesting because of unpaid salaries. The newspaper writes that according to Bozhidar Danev, chair of the Bulgarian Industrial Association, the problems of Bulgarian miners were more important than the refugee issue.
"Duma" newspaper writes that Bulgaria has joined the global protests against the CETA agreement. Some 150 people from various NGOs have organized a protest downtown Sofia, calling for the government’s resignation and for not supporting the controversial agreement. Protests under the slogan "STOP CETA" have taken place in the city of Dobrich. Citizens there signed a declaration calling on Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to withdraw support for the agreement during tomorrow's meeting of EU leaders in Luxembourg.
"Sega" writes that during the past year about 100 people, suspected of traveling to areas controlled by the "Islamic state," have passed through Bulgaria. These were EU citizens suspected of being foreign fighters of the terrorist organization. The majority of them have traveled to Turkey, but some have moved in the opposite direction - towards Western Europe, the paper writes.
Over 99.5% of Bulgaria's polling stations were covered by video surveillance in the October 27 parliamentary elections. This was stated at a briefing by the Caretaker Minister of Innovation and Growth Rosen Karadimov, appointed by the caretaker..
17 drifting mines have been discovered and destroyed in the Black Sea by the Naval Forces of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey since the beginning of the war in Ukraine until today. This was said by Fleet Admiral Velko Velkov at the opening of the Poseidon..
An engineering contract for the construction of new capacity at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has been signed by NPP Kozloduy - New Capacities and the Westinghouse and Hyundai consortium . Within a year, the engineering design, worth between..
For the first time in recent election history, the end election result leaves a party running in the election outside the National Assembly with a..
The European Parliament has approved the nomination of Bulgarian Ekaterina Zaharieva as European Commissioner. She will be in charge of the 'Start-ups,..
A meeting of the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Austria in Budapest could lead to a change in Austria's stance on the two countries joining..
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