I am furious that the Mobility 1 Package entered the European Parliament’s agenda, Bulgaria’s Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov commented after the EP confirmed the vote on the Mobility 1 Package. 156 MEPs voted in favor of the French proposal and 154 were against. Three Bulgarian MEPs did not attend the voting on Monday. In Minister Zhelyazkov’s words, the Mobility 1 Package does not have future in its current form, because it is against the EU principles, the European law, the Lisbon Treaty and discriminates the haulers from the periphery. It is unacceptable to solve competition issues with protectionist decisions which fragment the transport market in the EU, Rosen Zhelyazkov added.
"On behalf of the state, we declare war on the property mafia." This was announced at a press conference by Justice Minister Georgi Georgiev. He said that the activities of the real estate mafia had reached unprecedented levels and were characterised by..
The first vote of no confidence in Rosen Zhelyazkov's cabinet was submitted to parliament on the initiative of the Vazrazhdane party, with the support of Velichie and MECH. "This vote is doomed by pure mathematics, but that does not mean that we..
Doctors and nurses from the country's 12 state-run psychiatric hospitals have staged a protest outside the Ministry of Health, demanding a higher pay rise than that included in the new budget. The protesters briefly blocked traffic on the boulevard in..
61% of Bulgarians say that their country has benefited from being a member of the EU, a Eurobarometer survey shows. This indicator is the lowest..
The last group of participants in the 33rd National Antarctic Expedition is returning to Sofia today, announced the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute...
On Tuesday , the lowest temperatures will be between 7 and 12°C. In Sofia it will be around 9°C. During the day it will be mostly..
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