We identified four main priorities during the forthcoming Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union- the multiannual financial framework of the EU, the European perspective and the connectivity of the Western Balkans, security and stability in Europe and development of the digital single market, Minister in Charge of Bulgaria’s EU Council Presidency Lilyana Pavlova said after the joint meeting in Brussels between the Bulgarian cabinet and the College of Commissioners. Minister Pavlova underlined that Bulgaria was assessed highly for its readiness to take over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU. The preparation phase is completed and we have started to work on the fulfillment of our political engagements and priorities that were already approved. Our goal is single, digital and strong Europe, Minister Pavlova added.
Bulgaria will not yet request an extraordinary convergence report - a key step towards joining the eurozone. This was announced by Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova from the rostrum in Parliament. She said that during her meetings with the EU..
On the eve of February 1 - the day on which Bulgaria pays homage to the victims of the communist regime - the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) party announced that it was tabling a bill for the removal of all monuments that symbolise..
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) is the only representative of the country's traditional Eastern Orthodoxy. This was decided by MPs in the final amendments to the Law on Religious Denominations. The amendment, which states that only the BOC can use the..
Bulgaria is well advanced in the process of meeting the criteria for joining the Eurozone, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said during..
On this day in 1905, 15 enthusiasts, university students, climbed the highest peak in Mount Vitosha near Sofia, in winter for the first time –..
The idea of the state acquiring the only oil refinery in Bulgaria – Lukoil Neftohim in Burgas – as proposed on 29 January by the Movement for Rights and..
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