We will show that parliament has no alternative, that it is more correct to approve the laws people expect us to, said Volen Siderov, leader of Ataka junior coalition party. Deputy Prime Minister Krasimir Karakachanov and leader of another junior..
As of today Bulgarian parliament is in recess. The first sitting from the new plenary session will be on 4 September and will be extraordinary because of the holiday on 6 September – the Day of Reunification of the Principality of Bulgaria and..
Tsveta Karayancheva, President of the Bulgarian National Assembly, and Irakli Kobakhidze, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia signed a partnership agreement between the parliaments of the two countries. By force of this agreement Bulgaria..
Parliament has approved amendments to the Labour Migration and Labour Mobility Act, thus extending access opportunities to the Bulgarian labour market for citizens of third countries. Access to the labour market for workers who are citizens of..
The MPs observed one minute of silence today to commemorate the victims of the communist regime and the so-called “Revival Process” – the forcible renaming of the Bulgarian Turks. To mark the Day of Remembrance and Commemoration of the victims..
PM Boyko Borissov is not attending the parliamentary debates on the first no confidence motion in the government; the three deputy prime ministers – Tomislav Donchev, Krasimir Karakachanov and Valeri Simeonov - are present, as are some of the cabinet..
How to combat terrorism and hate speech, tolerance among different religions and finding a solution to the migrant crisis – these were the talking points during a meeting Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina..
In its capacity of President of the Council of the EU, Bulgaria will help Montenegro open the last three chapters in its negotiations with Brussels, said Tsveta Karayancheva, President of the Bulgarian National Assembly at a meeting in Sofia with a..
The Bulgarian National Assembly approved the bill on the 2018 budget of the National Health Insurance Fund for 2018 for the second time, thus rejecting the presidential veto imposed on the bill. 221 MPs cast their vote, 126 of them voting “for”..
At a closed session due to confidentiality issues, Bulgarian parliament ratified the technical agreement between the Bulgarian government and the NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). The agreement involves providing..
