The caretaker government will submit the draft state budget for 2023 on Monday at the latest, President Rumen Radev announced during today’s consultations with the Bulgarian Socialist Party. “This will mean there will be clarity for the..
After a series of meetings, the first and the second political force in parliament reached agreement on Rossen Zhelyazkov from GERB to be elected President of the National Assembly. The representatives of GERB/SDS and We Continue the..
The two largest parliamentary formations - GERB-SDS and We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria are working together on a legislative program, which they will propose to the other political forces in the National Assembly after the holidays, BNR..
The MPs resumed the first sitting of parliament interrupted yesterday after they were unable to elect a president of the 49 th National Assembly. “We are continuing the sitting from yesterday,” said Vezhdi Rashidov who chaired the sitting, and..
Kiril Petkov, co-chairman of the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition stated, in an interview with bTV, that he expects the process of electing a president of the National Assembly to be completed next week. In his words,..
“I prayed for common sense. I deeply believed that common sense is the one thing we need to give Bulgaria a chance of getting back on its feet.” With these words on Holy Wednesday, the most senior MP Vezhdi Rashidov from the coalition GERB/SDS..
The MPs from the 49th Parliament failed to elect a National Assembly speaker on the first attempt. The nomination of GERB/SDS, Rosen Zhelyazkov, was voted down. 78 MPs voted in favor, 8 MPs from "Vazrazhdane" voted against and 144 MPs..
At 10 AM today, the most senior member of parliament Vezhdi Rashidov from the coalition GERB/SDS will ring the bell of the 49 National Assembly of Bulgaria. Without any great expectations that this parliament – the 5 th in the space of two years of..
The names of the 240 new MPs who will take their seats in the 49 th National Assembly of Bulgaria are now known. What the time horizon of the new legislative body will be is still anyone’s guess. Six political formations entered the new parliament..
Over a hundred prominent Bulgarian intellectuals have signed a call to the parties with Euro-Atlantic values to form parliamentary majority and a government. The document was published on Facebook by Prof. Vili Lilkov - one of the..
