Today’s sitting of parliament could not take place for lack of quorum, after the MPs from the ruling majority did not come to the plenary hall of the National Assembly. Kiril Petkov, co-chair of We Continue the Change explained that they were not..
MPs from Vazrazhdane, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and There Is Such a People (ITN) formed human chain around the rostrum in parliament in protest. Speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov demanded an explanation of what was happening. "Will someone please..
Even though the proposals for the early cancellation of the derogation for the import of Russian oil failed to garner a sufficient number of votes at today’s sitting of parliament’s Energy Committee, they will be submitted for discussion in plenary..
President Rumen Radev has returned the law on the ratification of the agreement by force of which Bulgaria is granting Ukraine old, reactivated personnel carriers, for discussion by parliament. Bulgaria will provide old APCs to Ukraine,..
The draft law on the State Social Insurance Budget for 2024 has passed its first reading in Parliament . From 1 July, all pensions granted until the end of 2023 will be updated by 11%, thus the minimum pension will increase from the current €268.01 to..
The Bulgarian MPs have opened debates on a package of tax laws – on excise duty and tax warehouses, the Tax and Social Security Procedure Code, VAT, corporate income tax, personal income, local taxes and charges. The amendments have to be..
With 137 votes in favour, the National Assembly has set up a temporary committee to protect the rights of the mentally ill. The committee will examine violations found in the country by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and..
The MPs have approved granting Ukraine armoured transport vehicles which have fallen out of use for the Ministry of Interior, with the military equipment that goes with them, and spare parts for their maintenance. National Assembly Defence..
The Parliament did not gather a quorum for work this morning. The next parliamentary sitting is scheduled for November 22 . Until then, the re-voting of the motion of no confidence in the office of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, on the subject of..
MPs approved the updated project for the purchase of armoured vehicles for the army. The project involves 198 combat, reconnaissance and command and staff vehicles, special nuclear, chemical and biological reconnaissance vehicles, medical evacuation,..
