Bulgarian Parliament has voted to lift the ban on grain imports from Ukraine after 15 September. The decision was taken with 124 votes in favour by the MPs from the majority and the MRF party. There were 69 votes against and 8 abstentions. The..
We have a ready law for the creation of a unified intelligence service, which will unite the State Intelligence Agency and the Military Intelligence , Atanas Atanasov, chairman of the parliamentary commission for special services, told 24 Chasa. "A..
Before the start of the autumn session of the Bulgarian Parliament, Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov stated that the most important task before the deputies is the preparation of the state budget , as all policies for next year depend on it. The Prime..
The members of Bulgaria’s parliament are returning from their summer vacation today, 1 September. They were supposed to officially start work on 7 September, but a decision was taken for their return to work earlier because of the multitude of..
The Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, wants a hearing of Defence Minister Todor Tagarev in parliament at a joint sitting of two parliamentary committees – of defence and of foreign policy. The BSP wants Minister Tagarev to provide more..
The parliament in Skopje, the Republic of North Macedonia, has opened the discussion on the changes to the Constitution of North Macedonia which Bulgaria is demanding. The procedure was started after, on 25 July, the parliamentary Constitutional..
Sculptor Vezhdi Rashidov is resigning as member of parliament. In a press release he says that besides leaving parliament, he is also leaving the party he is member of - GERB, and politics as such. He does not say what the reason is, but on 7..
If the elections are held today, the current six parties will enter the parliament again, in exactly the same position , according to a survey conducted by Mediana with its own funds. The most favoured party is again GERB-SDS with 23.3%,..
Parliament has adopted tougher penalties for causing death on the road - up to 5-12 years in prison. However, if the death occurred after alcohol and drug use, offenders face 10 to 20 years in prison. Another measure provides for the confiscation of..
After a mammoth 20-hour sitting, the Bulgarian MPs finally adopted the state budget for the year. It is calculated with a deficit of 3% - on an accrual basis, and preserves a large part of the initial capital programme. The budget is expected to be..
