The parliamentary group of the Bulgarian Socialist Party have filed a request for an extraordinary Monday sitting of the National Assembly, which has been on summer vacation since August 1st. The Socialists want to hear Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Interior Minister Hristo Terziiski over pressure on journalists during GERB's national conference.
BSP also insists on an urgent budget update related to socio-economic measures to overcome the effects of the coronavirus crisis and calls for providing funds for machine voting.
Rumen Gechev of the BSP criticized the 30% rise of salaries of state administration employees due to the pandemic. The BSP described this as a desperate move by Borissov, BNR reporter Daniel Inkov informed.
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Bulgarian students won four medals at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), which was held in India, the Ministry of Education has reported. The team returned home with three gold and one silver medal, as..
More than 936,000 pensioners in Bulgaria receive minimal pensions. According to the statistics of the National Social Insurance Institute, over half a million of them get the minimum pension for length of service and age, which last..
The 32nd National Festival of Karakachans is taking place in the "Karandila" area near the city of Sliven on August 23. The event is..
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