Bulgaria’s government has decided to pay compensation to Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha and his sister Maria-Luisa Chrobok, children of King Boris III and Queen Giovanna of Savoy, following a judgment against the state by the European Court of Human Rights. Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha and his sister Maria-Luisa Chrobok will receive EUR 1.636 million. They sued Bulgaria in the European Court of Human Rights over a 2009 moratorium on the commercial use of woodlands that belonged to the Crown and was inherited by them.
In the first instance, the Sofia City Court fully upheld the state's claims in the case concerning the ownership of 16,500 hectares of forests in Rila. However, since the decision is not final, at this stage the state should pay the compensation awarded by the European Court of Human Rights.
The MECH party has its own parliamentary group again. It was restored after MPs adopted the draft resolution of ITN with 170 votes “for”, 1 “against”, and two abstained. Earlier today, two new MECH MPs took the oath in the..
The Ministry of Education and Science is preparing legislative changes to ban the use of mobile phones in schools, Minister Krasimir Valchev said. The texts will be presented to MPs in May or June. “Currently we have a ban..
Supporters of the MECH party protested in front of the National Assembly and blocked traffic on Knyaz Alexander I Square. Their protest was against the decision of the Speaker of the National Assembly Natalia Kiselova to dissolve the..
Thursday will be mostly cloudy with rain and east-northeasterly winds , increasing in the Danube plain and the Upper Thracian lowlands. Minimum..
On the initiative of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger is visiting Bulgaria to look for cooperation projects with the..
European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi is launching an administrative investigation into possible violations committed by Bulgaria’s..
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